The Red Mansions

Chapter 876 King Wei: Well, let's save it for next time
Beijing Camp, Chinese Army Barracks

With the sound of "swiping" turning the pages, Jia Heng flipped through the book in his hand. In the eyes of everyone, he closed the book and said in a deep voice: "The troops of the [-]th regiment have been prepared, and the rest is for training." , especially the fire blunderbuss and bird blunderbusses of the Shenji Battalion have to be overhauled, and some unusable ones have to be phased out gradually, and the other is the practice use of the Hongyi Cannon."

Song Yuan cupped his hands and said, "Jie Shuai, those red barbarian cannons are still stored in the warehouse of the Military Weapons Supervisor, Xu Tingye, the military supervisor, said that without the permission of Jie Commander, no cannon or shell can be used."

Jia Heng said: "This is what the commander ordered earlier. The maintenance of the Hongyi cannon is very cumbersome and meticulous. The Shenji Battalion in the army needs special inspection. I will go to the Military Weapons Supervision to check. The Hongyi cannon is very precious."

All the generals and schools below felt relieved, and quickly responded.

Jia Heng then arranged the military training, and then said: "Recently, Shenjing has been snowing heavily. Although the Jingying camp can't go out for exercises, don't be idle. Sweep the snow in the barracks and do training after the snowflakes. These few days I will distribute the new training syllabus to all ministries."

After he returns to Beijing, he will definitely take over the daily training affairs of the Beijing camp, and at the same time focus his energy on the military weapons supervision and the Beijing camp.

Song Yuan and a group of generals and school heard the words, and they all handed over their hands.

Jia Heng looked at Xie Zaiyi, Cai Quan and other generals, and said: "This commander has already submitted the list of meritorious generals and schools in the Jiangnan War to the Military Aircraft Department, and I hope that the soldiers who have made contributions to the south will not be arrogant or rash. Now I am a big man. The peace talks with the Jurchen are over, and the Jurchen may invade at any time, and the Beijing camp has been actively preparing for war recently, ready to deal with the invasion of the Eastern captives at any time."

All the generals in the battalion trembled when they heard the words, and hurriedly bowed their hands in response.

Princess Xianning and Li Chanyue were among the guards of the Jinyi Mansion, looking at the young man with shining eyes.

Jia Heng said: "Master Song also has all the generals, follow me to inspect the camps."

On such a cold day, he must go to the barracks to visit on the spot to see how the winter supplies of the generals and schools are. Otherwise, if they talk about it in the barracks, they will not know what is going on, how can they do it?

Song Yuan quickly nodded in agreement.

Then, Jia Heng, accompanied by a group of generals, went to the [-]th Regiment Battalion of the Beijing Camp near the Guoyong Camp for inspection.

At this moment, the generals of the Guoyong camp also came to accompany the inspection of the generals and soldiers after hearing the news.

Needless to say, Guoyongying, as the direct descendant of Jia Heng, the commander-in-chief, Guoyongying should be the champion of all armies no matter in terms of military discipline or material support.

Jia Heng went to the barracks one after another, condolences to the ordinary soldiers, and talked about family affairs.

Just like that, amidst the chatter and laughter, the good time of the whole winter morning was quickly spent in Jia Heng's inspection of the barracks.

After noon, Jia Heng had lunch in the military tent of Fenwu Camp, and then continued to inspect, until dusk fell, and then left the Beijing camp.

On the way back to Shenjing, Princess Xianning said softly, "Sir, you are going to the Military Weapons Supervision tomorrow?"

Jia Heng turned to look at Princess Xianning, and said warmly: "Go and have a look tomorrow, the northwest is bitterly cold, those red barbarians can't adapt to the climate of Shenjing, they need to be appeased."

Princess Xianning said softly: "The apple of the eye of the governor of Hongyi, Nuo Na seems to be living with those Hongyi now, she should help comfort her."

Jia Heng said: "You can't always count on a little girl."

Xianning was going to follow him to lead the troops to Henan to suppress the rebellion, and he would not talk too much when he was dealing with business, while Chanyue at the side just watched quietly.

Jia Heng said: "His Royal Highness King Wei should be at the residence now, let's hurry up."

Princess Xianning responded with a "drive", and the group disappeared into the night.

After rushing back to the city of Shenjing, it was already nightfall. The lights had just come on, and the lights on both sides of the street were lit up. In the daytime, the soldiers and horses of the five cities had also sent soldiers to clean up the snow. Under the light, there were water spots. Bright, light can be seen.

A round of bright moon hangs in the sky, and the moonlight shines like a horse on the snow, and the vision is clear as far as the eye can see.

Jinyang Princess Palace
In the hall, the lights are bright, and the figures are flickering.

Several female officials in the mansion are entertaining King Wei and Princess Wei and his party. The leader is a female official surnamed Jiang who is nearly forty years old. She has a good temperament and belongs to the female official brought out from the palace by Princess Jinyang.

Wei Wang Chen Ran and Wei Wang Concubine Yan Yiliu had been waiting for a long time, they sat on the pear wood chairs beside the small table, waiting for Jia Heng to arrive.

Wei Wang Chen Ran looked at the female official surnamed Jiang who was welcoming guests, and asked: "It's so late, Xianning hasn't come back yet?"

Yan Yiliu also put down the teacup, turned to look, and there was a look of thought on his handsome and jade-like face.

This concubine is actually only seventeen years old, but she was born with a square forehead and wide eyes, with willow eyebrows and star eyes, and her crystal and jade face is full of brilliance.

"Don't be impatient, my lord, I'll send someone to look for it right now." The female officer said softly.

"Forget it, I think I should be on the way now." Wei Wang Chen Ran waved his hand, temporarily suppressing the irritability in his heart.

Yan Yiliu said softly, "My lord."

And at this moment, a servant girl said softly: "His Royal Highness and the little princess are back."

While talking, I saw Jia Heng, Princess Xianning, and Li Chanyue coming from the direction of the rockery corridor, carrying lanterns.

Wei Wang Chen Ran quickly got up, went out to meet her, his eyes moved slightly, and said: "Fifth Sister is here."

Princess Xianning stepped forward quickly and called softly: "Brother Wei Wang, sister-in-law, I have been waiting for a long time."

Yan Yiliu got up slowly, with a gentle smile covering her bright face, she said in a pleasant way: "I haven't waited long, Xianning, what's your outfit like?"

The beauty lingered on the flying fish suit worn by Princess Xianning, her eyes were as bright as stars.

Yan Yiliu, the daughter of the king of Nan'an County, actually harbors the ambition of being a womanizer in her heart, and she usually dances with knives and guns in the small school grounds in the mansion, but now that she is a princess, she naturally has no chance to do such things .

"I went to the capital camp together with my husband and took a look at the soldiers." Princess Xianning said in a charming voice, looking at Princess Wei Yan Yiliu with her clear eyes, and said softly: "It's just that Mrs. Wang and Brother Wang have been waiting for a long time. .”

Jia Heng bowed his hands, pondered for a moment, and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness King Wei."

With an eager smile on Wei Wang's handsome face, he stretched out his hand to support Jia Heng's arm, and said, "Zi Yu, you're back."

Jia Heng said: "I went to the capital camp to have a look, but the prince has been waiting for a long time."

Wei Wang Chen Ran said with a smile: "Ziyu is busy with military affairs now, and has many responsibilities. It's okay to wait a little longer alone."

The person in front of him is not only his father's favorite minister and favorite general, but also the nominal commander of the more than [-] troops in the Beijing camp.

Princess Xianning's clear and beautiful jade face showed a touch of unnaturalness, and she said softly: "Sir, Brother Wei Wang, don't stand up and talk, let's talk in the room, it's so cold."

King Wei laughed and said, "It's really cold today."

While speaking, everyone entered the hall and sat down again. At this time, a female official came to offer fragrant tea, and slowly retreated to the sides of the screen, standing with hands down.

Looking at the young man with a handsome face, Wei Wang Chen Ran smiled and said, "There is a lot of snow on the streets of the capital today, and the soldiers from the five cities have dispatched soldiers to remove all the snow."

Jia Heng praised: "My lord is now in charge of the affairs of the five cities' soldiers and horses, and the deployment of soldiers is quite logical."

King Wei quickly said: "These are all due to Mr. Fan's ability to manage within the Yasi, plus Ziyu's previous reorganization in the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, which clearly defined the rights and responsibilities, and now all the ministries have their own affairs."

Jia Heng put down the teacup, looked at King Wei's face, smiled and said: "Speaking of which, since the peace negotiations with Donglu were no longer initiated, the affairs of the Beijing camp have become more and more complicated recently. I was just saying that I need a helper. Transfer Mr. Fan to Beijing camp."

When King Wei heard this, his heart moved slightly, but he pretended to be surprised on his face, and asked, "Is there no other man around Ziyu? It can be said that the soldiers and horses of the five cities can't be separated from Mr. Fan for a moment."

Jia Heng looked at the green king, and said in a low voice: "I intend to recommend to the Holy Majesty His Highness to be a commander of the five cities."

King Wei, who was still a little immature at first, is now trying to hide it. It can only be said that during the time he went to Jiangnan, King Wei's mentality has changed a lot.

Hearing this, the king of Wei was stunned, as if he didn't realize it was so fast, and asked quickly: "What's the reason for Ziyu? I have only been in office for only one year, and there are still many problems in the office affairs, and I need Ziyu to mention it." That's right."

After all, he is a young man, and he has not cultivated his energy-raising skills to the fullest, so the traces of his performance at this moment are somewhat heavy.

Princess Wei Yan Yiliu, who was whispering with Princess Xianning, raised her head, and under Yingxiu's eyebrows, her bright eyes narrowed, looking at the two who were talking.

Jia Heng said: "Your Highness is serious. In the past six months, from Henan to Jinling, I have not been involved in the affairs of the five cities' soldiers and horses. It is His Highness and Mr. Fan who take care of it, and everything in the yamen is in order. It can be seen that His Highness can do enough to lead the five-city soldiers and horses to prevent and control the security of the city. In addition, the Jurchen captives are menacing.

All in all, business is too busy and urgent, which is undoubtedly a reasonable excuse.

Even if the words recorded in the mansion newspaper are that Yongning Hou Jiaheng no longer served as the commander of the five cities because of other important tasks, he voluntarily resigned from the relevant position and was replaced by Wei Wang.

Wei Wang Chen Ran thanked Yongning Marquis Jiaheng for his outstanding contribution since the reorganization of Wucheng Bingma Division.

What, impeachment of the censor?Cabinet ministers have doubts?None of this exists.

Hearing this, the king of Wei calmed down, suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and said in a gentle voice: "Zi Yu is now the minister of military aircraft, and he is fully responsible for the war against the captives. The responsibility is more serious."

After nearly a year of questioning, because of his meritorious service, he has initially won the hearts of the middle and lower generals of the Wucheng Bingma Division, but there is always a person on his head, and the affairs of the Wucheng Bingma Division are also handled by The agent Fan Zhushu, who was born in Juren, couldn't stretch his hands and feet even more.

At this time, seeing this scene, Princess Xianning's clear eyes flashed, she sighed inwardly, took over the conversation, and said softly: "Brother Wang, sir, the back kitchen's food is ready, let's have dinner together."

King Wei looked at the young man eagerly, and said, "Zi Yu has been tired all day, let's have dinner first, and chat while eating."

Jia Heng nodded, and immediately, everyone sat down around a table, and the surrounding female officials and maidservants began to bring washbasins, towels and other things for washing hands.

Wei Wang Chen Ran turned his eyes to Princess Xianning, with the gentleness of an elder brother on his face, jokingly said: "Did Fifth Sister and Chanyue follow Ziyu to Jinyi Mansion as servants?"

Princess Xianning smiled lightly and said, "Brother Wang, I just ran errands with Mr. Wang, and learned something by the way. Since Brother Wei Wang opened the palace to watch the government, the palace is not as lively as usual."

At the end, the girl's voice was somewhat sighing.

After Wei Wangxiong opened the mansion, he gradually became a stranger, with shrewd calculations everywhere.

And although he still cared about her, it was obviously not as pure as before.

Wei Wang's face showed emotion, and he said: "Sisters are older, and they can't hang around and play around all the time, and they should share the worries of the father."

Saying that, she looked at Li Chanyue who was beside Princess Xianning, and asked, "Chanyue, why didn't aunt come back?"

Li Chanyue quietly listened to the conversations of the few people. Hearing the words, the pupils between Yu Yu's eyebrows drooped, and she said: "Brother Wei Wang, mother, she is busy with the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Jinling, and she can't leave."

Mother, she is raising a baby at the moment, how can she tell people this?
"The queen mother is also thinking about my aunt very much. I wonder if I can come back a year ago?" Wei Wang said softly: "Let's leave the affairs of Jiangnan to the people below for the time being."

If it wasn't for Aunt Jinyang's repulsion at the beginning, the third uncle should be working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the moment, and he won't have to suffer from famine after opening the mansion now.

Fortunately, there is a queen mother in Nan'an County's palace to help some in private.

After the vassal kings opened their mansions, especially the princes like King Wei, they didn’t have much salary at the beginning. Of course, the salary was enough, but the king of Wei needed to secretly cultivate his party members, respect the corporals, and the salary alone was obviously not enough.

Jia Heng paused, picked up the teacup, and explained: "The three major weaving bureaus of Jinling Tirenyuan in the south of the Yangtze River will determine the latitude and longitude in the future. , the Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to organize a fleet to go to Nanyang to do business, and it also needs Her Royal Highness the Princess to sit in charge."

Wei Wang Chen Ran nodded, and said: "There is a shortfall in Jinling in the south of the Yangtze River, and we must try our best to make up for it. I have also seen it from the mansion newspaper during this period of time. The Zhen family has been in trouble all these years."

Once the Jiangnan Zhen family fell, Brother Chu would have no support behind him, and his power would be greatly reduced.

Jia Heng said: "The Holy Majesty has punished the Zhen family, and one of Ying's family assets has also been confiscated into the government. Now the dust has settled."

King Wei frowned, with a look of "empathy" and melancholy, and asked with concern: "Ziyu, brother Chu was assassinated, what happened? Why did my nephew also suffer? Poisonous hand, alone in Shenjing, you can hear it a little bit."

Jia Heng said: "King Zhao's remnants are insane and want to assassinate the vassal. Your Highness must also pay attention to safety in Shenjing during this time. Let the Dian army choose the guards for the trips. In addition, the guards of the Jinyi mansion will also secretly send people to protect them recently. Your Highness, I hope His Highness does not need to worry."

King Wei nodded his head, his face turned a bit cold, and said: "This remnant of King Zhao, after so many years, is still haunted! Gu recently plans to thoroughly investigate the suspicious people in the capital and so on. What do you think?"

Jia Heng said: "This matter, the prince himself decides."

King Wei nodded, and said, "If the Jinyi Mansion can coordinate with the Five Cities Army Division, it will be cheaper to arrest people."

Jia Heng said: "This matter is in the south, the Holy Majesty has selected the old man in Jinyi to specialize in this matter, and here in Shenjing, the Jinyi Mansion is mainly for protection."

As soon as King Wei got the Military Commander of the Five Cities, he already had the intention of looking forward to Shu. The Jinyi Mansion assisted the Military Commander of the Five Cities.

King Wei turned to look at the boy in the python suit, and asked, "Zi Yu, I heard that the two girls from the Zhen family went to Beijing with Zi Yu?"

Jia Heng said: "It was entrusted by the old lady of the Zhen family before she died. The friendship between the two families is strong in the past, and it is not easy to refuse."

This king of Wei has no sense of borders at all. By mentioning the matter of the Zhen family, are he telling him to keep a distance from the son-in-law of the Zhen family, King Chu?Or did he take the prisoner's daughter?

It can only be said that after he sold Empress Song's face in Wucheng Bingmasi, King Wei may have some wrong cognition, or it was originally the instinct of Tianhuang nobles.

At this time, Princess Xianning frowned her beautiful willow eyebrows, the smile on her jade face faded slightly, she interrupted King Wei, and said, "Brother Wang, let's use the food first."

Yan Yiliu also noticed some subtle changes in the atmosphere, and privately tugged Wei Wang's sleeve under the table.

What did the prince say so politely?
King Wei suddenly woke up, and said with a smile, "I'm just talking, let's have dinner together."

While the few people were talking, they began to use the food, pushing and changing cups, talking and laughing.

King Wei no longer talked about political affairs, but only talked about interesting things about his childhood with Princess Xianning, so the family dinner was more interesting.

After finishing the meal, sit down and drink tea to talk.

"Actually, there is one more matter that I want to bother His Royal Highness King Wei." Jia Heng was silent for a moment, looked at the fair-skinned young king, and said.

King Wei put down the teacup, looked at it with burning eyes, and said quickly, "What's the matter?"

Jia Heng said: "My cousin Dong Qian wrote to me several times, wanting to be transferred to the capital camp and make contributions to the country. I plan to give him a heart to serve the country. It just so happened that Shi Hou's son Shi Xin also thought about it. I am transferred to Shenjing, and I plan to serve my parents in the nearest city of Shenjing, do you want to change the two of them a little bit, what do you think, Your Highness?"

Since he was just talking about recommending the king of Wei to mention Wucheng soldiers and horses, he is now speaking in the words of a request, even if the memorial has not yet been delivered.

Of course, such a humble attitude is itself a test of King Wei's mind.

Concubine Wei narrowed her brows with willow leaves and slender eyes, staring at the calm young man with flickering eyes, thoughtful.

This is probably the condition that Jia Ziyu asked the prince, the prince should agree.

Hearing this, King Wei paused slightly, his eyes flickered, for some reason, he felt some strange discomfort in his heart, but was forcibly dispelled, in fact, it was a feeling of being touched a little bit.

Because the Wucheng soldiers and horses have been regarded as their sphere of influence by the king of Wei, but there are still Jia Heng's extra forces inserted in, this kind of strong sense of power and territory from Tianhuang nobles gave birth to a little dislike.

To put it bluntly, Jia Heng is just a minister no matter what, and Wei Wang considers himself the son of the emperor, and as the time passes, his desire to control power becomes stronger.

King Wei thought for a while, and said softly: "This matter is as easy as flipping the palm of your hand. Besides, Ziyu is now mentioning Wucheng soldiers and horses, and transferring people is just a matter of one word."

Jia Heng said: "Then thank you, my lord."

At this moment, King Wei seemed to suppress the negative emotions in his heart, and said, "What is Ziyu talking about, it's just a trivial matter."

Princess Xianning glanced at King Wei, put down the teacup in her hand, and felt a little uncomfortable.

The king of Wei asked again: "Ziyu, now that we have broken up the peace agreement with Jurchen, it is conceivable that next year the Jurchen will definitely raise troops to attack. Ziyu has already figured out a strategy to meet the enemy."

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then said softly: "National, Chinese and foreign will be actively preparing for war, and the Military Plane Department is still preparing for this matter."

The King of Wei nodded and said, "Ziyu is an expert in the war against captives. I hope that in time, he will be able to sing triumphantly again."

Not to mention anything else, the young man in front of him is indeed different in the war against captives. He originally wanted to turn around the quarrel between Zi Yu and his father-in-law, Nan'an County King, but for some reason, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right.

Well, save that for another time.

Jia Heng responded casually, and said: "In military and national affairs, it has always been that those who have more temples are better than those who have few temples."

Princess Wei Yan Yiliu looked at the young man quietly, under Yingxiu's eyebrows, her eyes shone brightly, thinking about Jia Heng.

When it comes to fighting, this person is indeed superior, but the previous court meeting with his father was almost like fire and water, and it may be a disaster for the country.

Wei Wangdao: "Nowadays, the great Han Dynasty is waiting to be rejuvenated. As long as Liaodong is wiped out, Zhongxing will not be far away. All of this depends on Ziyu's preparation."

These words are somewhat eager to compliment, but because of the age of the two of them, they seem a little greasy compared to young men.

Princess Xianning's beautiful and beautiful face became more and more unnatural, and she looked at King Wei with bright eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

As Brother Wei Wang said, when brothers and sisters get older, their minds change.

Jia Heng quickly said: "Your Highness is too famous."

Just like that, Jia Heng and Wei Wang Chen Ran talked for a while, but they didn't realize that it was getting late, and Wei Wang also said goodbye.

After Jia Heng got up and sent Wei Wang and his wife away, he returned to Hua, met the eyes of Xianning and the little princess, smiled, and asked: "Xianning, what's the matter."

When Princess Xianning heard the words, her beautiful and glamorous jade face was complicated, and she said: "It's just that for a while, I felt that Brother Wei Wang was a little strange."

Jia Heng was stunned when he heard the words, looked at the girl with clear eyebrows, and said seriously: "Chanyue, lead me and your cousin to your room to talk."

Li Chanyue's cheeks were slightly red, she responded softly, and then led Jia Heng and Princess Xianning towards the backyard.

　I was busy defending my graduation thesis before I arrived at school and took a bus all day.

　
(End of this chapter)