The eldest son of the red mansion

But it was because he was not sure about the attitudes of the generals from all over the place that Jia Ke was left alone and did not dare to act.And this time, the military pay of Jia Ke's direct troops was severely deducted, which also meant to give the border generals some color.Let them know that without the court's reduction support, they would not even be able to support a single soldier.

Unexpectedly, Jia Ke's direct lineage would start to collect taxes at the border. This annual income can already fully make up for the lack of money and food given to them by the imperial court.

In addition to Jia Ke, other border generals also began to follow suit, collecting taxes everywhere in the border.Moreover, this trend has spread to the mainland, and the local army has also begun to set up checkpoints to collect taxes in various garrisons, and all passing merchants have to pay them a sum of money, which made the emperor even more worried, and he even felt a wave of fear .

The way for the court to control these generals is to control their money and food. If these generals have money and food, will they be loyal to the court?

And now that these three major business gangs have started to make trouble in the court again, it seems that they can't bear with these generals anymore.Wanting to use the power of the imperial court, the imperial court made up for the money and food, so that these Qiubas should return to their camps as soon as possible and stop making trouble.

After reading the information, the emperor thought for a while, and then asked Xia Shouzhong next to him, "Do you think I should stop the random collection of tolls by armies around the world?"

To be honest, in terms of trust, the emperor trusted Xia Shouzhong next to him the most. Even those people in the court who thought they were the emperor's confidantes were just regarded as pawns and tools by the emperor.

When Xia Shouzhong heard the emperor's question, he was shocked immediately.You must know that the Emperor Taizu once issued an imperial decree: concubines in the harem, and eunuchs who interfere with politics will be executed.

Xia Shouzhong immediately knelt on the ground and said to the emperor tremblingly: "Long Live Lord, this slave is just the emperor's dog. How can a slave speak for these important court affairs?"

"You are different from others, if I ask you to say it, just say it, I am a little undecided now?" The emperor's meaning is already very clear, and now the emperor is a little hesitant, not sure whether he should issue an imperial edict to stop the army from all walks of life Act indiscriminately.

Xia Shouzhong was indeed a bit embarrassed by the emperor. As the eunuch who raised the emperor since he was a child, he actually regarded the emperor as his junior since he had no descendants.

Now seeing the emperor's sincere inquiry, he boldly said: "I think the emperor is in a dilemma, mainly because he is afraid that these generals from various places will not listen to the imperial court's orders after they have money and food, and eventually become warlords."

Xia Shouzhong's words were right in the heart of the emperor. The emperor looked at Xia Shouzhong with admiration now. Xia Shouzhong was indeed not good at handling intelligence, but he was very scheming about these court intrigues.

Seeing the emperor's nodding, Xia Shouzhong was also relieved, so he let go of his courage and said: "Now the Lord Long Live is in a dilemma, and he has to make a choice. Is he worried about the warlord's separatist regime, or Jia Ke's plot to usurp the throne? The best of both worlds It’s light, another problem is slowly being solved, and this is the long-term solution.”

Chapter 372 ask for advice

Xia Shouzhong's answer was very clear, that is, let the emperor stick to his original strategy and get rid of Jia Ke first.As for the misconduct of those generals, after Jia Ke is eliminated, it will take a few years to slowly clean up the mess.

Although Xia Shouzhong said so, the emperor was a little worried.If this is the case, although he got rid of one Jia Ke, there will be dozens more Jia Ke in the world, or will he become the Jiedu envoy of the Later Tang Dynasty to separate the side and not pay attention to the court?

If so, what's the point of getting rid of Jia Ke?To put it bluntly, now that Jia Ke is in the court, the princes and envoys in the world dare not make any changes.If there is no Jia Ke's suppression, and these people have money, food, soldiers and horses, it will be the end of the world.

This put the emperor in a dilemma, and now the emperor is also very puzzled, how did the dynasty, which was originally good, become like this now?

Before he ascended the throne, the world was peaceful and peaceful.But since he ascended the throne as the emperor, all kinds of troubles have come to this dynasty. First, Jia Ke has ulterior motives, then the Tatars are eyeing the Central Plains, and now the power of the three major merchant gangs has been revealed. It depends on the situation. The strength of a person can even influence the decision of the imperial court.Coupled with the generals from all over the country, there are even signs of cede territory.Is this still the dynasty in its prime?This is simply more chaotic than the end of the dynasty.

Thinking about it, the emperor couldn't help but think of that dream again. Could it be that this is the consequence of the decline of luck and the swallowing of the dragon's energy? Could it be that he really answered the sentence: the world is the same when it comes, and the heroes are not free when they are transported away.

When the emperor was in a dilemma in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and didn't know how to deal with it, Xia Shouzhong next to him looked a little distressed, so he gave him some advice: "Long Live Lord, the Supreme Emperor has been under the imperial court for many years, and I think he is very skilled in handling these things." The emperor might as well go to the Ningshou Palace to ask the Supreme Emperor. What does the Supreme Emperor mean?"

Xia Shouzhong's words awakened the dreamer. In terms of rich experience in governing, even if there were ten new emperors, he would not be able to compare with the Supreme Emperor.The Taishanghuang has experienced countless times in such a chaotic court situation.

For example, the one time more than ten years ago, the risk was no different than it is now. In the end, didn't the Supreme Emperor get through it safely with his proficient governing skills?

After the emperor figured it out, he immediately said to Xia Shouzhong: "I haven't visited the Supreme Emperor for several days. I don't know how the Supreme Emperor is doing these days. There is nothing important today, so I will immediately arrange for Ningshou Palace. "

"Yes, this slave is preparing a chariot for the Long Live Lord." Xia Shouzhong saw that the emperor understood what he meant, and immediately went down to prepare for the emperor. I am afraid I will be tired after going to the emperor.

Soon outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, a bright yellow sedan chair for the emperor to walk in the palace was prepared.The emperor came out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and got into a small sedan chair, which was carried by four eunuchs, followed by dozens of eunuchs, carrying all kinds of travel tools for the emperor, such as incense burners, food boxes, and toilets.Let's put it this way, there is no lack of any living utensils.

This is still only a short distance from Ningshou Palace. If the emperor goes out for inspection, he can travel hundreds of meters to prepare things for the emperor.

It took less than a stick of incense, and the emperor's Luanjia arrived outside the Ningshou Palace. The emperor got off the sedan chair outside the Ningshou Palace, and then walked directly to the Ningshou Palace, and there were already eunuchs in the Ningshou Palace. Inform inside.

The emperor came to Ningshou Palace outside the palace of the Supreme Emperor. Dai Quan had been waiting outside for a long time. When he saw the emperor coming, he immediately took a few steps forward, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor. Please be safe."

"Get up, don't be too polite. How is the emperor's health these few days? Has it improved?" After asking Dai Quan to get up, the emperor asked anxiously.

In the past, the emperor wished for the Supreme Emperor to die early, but when the court became more and more difficult during this period, he hoped that the Supreme Emperor could live a long life, so that he could ask the Supreme Emperor for advice from time to time, so as to be able to stabilize the current court situation.

After listening to the emperor's question, Dai Quan's eyes flashed a moment of sadness. In fact, Dai Quan knew that the Supreme Emperor might not be able to last long, "Going back to Lord Long Live, the Supreme Emperor has slept soundly these two days. wake up in an hour."

When the emperor heard what Dai Quan said, he felt a burst of panic in his heart. A person was awake for three or four hours a day, and fell asleep the rest of the time.

"Then the Supreme Emperor is awake or resting now?" The emperor came to look for the Supreme Emperor today because he really had something to do, so he asked the Supreme Emperor if he was awake now.

"Going back to Lord Long Live, the old man Taishanghuang has just woken up, and the emperor can just go in and talk to the Taishanghuang."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, "Go in and report to the Supreme Emperor, and say that I see that the Supreme Emperor has something to discuss."

"Look at what you said, Lord Long Live is here, the Supreme Emperor has already asked his servants to wait here, and it's the right time for you to go in now." Dai Quan said in a hurry to flatter the Emperor.

The emperor didn't have time to flirt with him now, and when he heard that the Supreme Emperor asked him to wait here, he immediately entered the Supreme Emperor's bedroom.

After the emperor entered the Taishanghuang's bedroom, he saw the Taishanghuang lying weakly on the dragon bed, and the empress dowager next to him kept wiping his sweat.

The Supreme Emperor on the dragon bed saw the emperor coming in, and you see, he stretched out his hand to beckon him.

The emperor immediately walked a few steps to the emperor's dragon bed, "Father, my son has come to see you."

"Don't be so narrow-minded, just talk about it if you have something to say, I don't have the energy to fight with you now." The Supreme Emperor lay on the bed and said weakly.

As soon as the emperor heard the Taishanghuang's words, his face immediately felt hot.The Taishanghuang could tell at a glance that he had something to come, and he didn't look like he was perfunctory. It seemed that he really had no energy.

"Father, my son has some problems and doesn't know what to do, so I want to ask Father how to solve it."

"Say something quickly, don't worry about mother-in-law." Taishanghuang still said weakly.

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor was really unruly, the emperor hurriedly said: "Some time ago, my son thought of a way to deal with Jia Ke, and reduced the salary of all Jia Ke's direct troops by four levels. I didn't expect that this would cause trouble."

"Could it be that those Qiubas started changing money by themselves?" The Supreme Emperor said disdainfully.

"Exactly, those people at the border have begun to collect taxes privately, and this trend has spread to the inland, and the generals in the inland have also begun to set up road cards privately to collect taxes from passing merchants. Now the three major merchant gangs in the court Put pressure on me together, the son really doesn't know what to do, so he came to ask the emperor." The emperor was not polite, and he spoke out all his troubles.

After hearing the emperor's words, the Supreme Emperor was so angry that his eyes were red. He told the emperor to put down other things and concentrate on having a child with Jia Yuanchun.

"Stupid, you are not weakening Jia Ke, you are clearly taking the reins from him."

The emperor didn't dare to be dissatisfied with the Taishanghuang's scolding. In the past, if the Taishanghuang scolded him like this, he still had a rebellious mentality.But since the Supreme Emperor handed over the power to him, and now he wholeheartedly advises him, he respects the Supreme Emperor even more.Don't look at the Taishanghuang scolding him now, in fact, this is the Taishanghuang expressing his concern for him.It's just that as an emperor, he can't let himself be weak, even if he is dying as the emperor, he must never show his weak side to others.

The Supreme Emperor rested for a while before saying: "The situation is very clear now. If you say that the generals in the interior did not get Jia Ke's hint, it would be deceiving yourself. At this point, the only way for you is to hurry up and have sex with Jia Yuanchun." A prince."

The Taishanghuang couldn't breathe when he said this, and couldn't speak any more.The empress dowager next to him quickly rubbed his chest to help him ease his breath.

The emperor looked at the Taishanghuang, who looked like he might die at any time, and felt very uncomfortable. This was the father he knew before, who was so powerful and dominated the world.

The Supreme Emperor rested for a while, and then said again: "If you deduct the military salary, the soldiers below will naturally have to find their own way to make a living, and if this becomes a custom, even if you pay the military salary in the future, they will not Stop, so that they will have less and less awe of the imperial court, what should you do then?"

The Supreme Emperor paused for a moment, and then said: "Do you really think that these little tricks can subdue Jia Ke? Do you really think that you can command the people in the three major battalions? Do you really think that Jia Ke will just sit there and wait for death? Let you deal with it?"

The Taishanghuang asked three times in a row, making the emperor speechless.

Afterwards, the emperor thought about it, gritted his teeth and said, "Father is right. What my son did was really careless, but this time he had to do it. The son thought that the generals from all over the world were a little bit off the rails. Without the military power at the border, these people are just fish on the chopping board."

The Supreme Emperor is now so angry that his seven orifices are full of smoke. He never thought that the emperor would be so stupid that he would let the tiger out of the cage, and he didn't know how to repent.