The eldest son of the red mansion

He hurriedly stood up from the wine table, and staggered to Xia Shouzhong's side, "You didn't lie to me, did you? The emperor really sent you to deliver a message."

"Even if the servant is very courageous, he would not dare to falsely preach the imperial decree. It is indeed the emperor's oral order to the prince."

"Then just tell me, my brother the emperor has something to tell me." King Zhongshun didn't care about anything now, and only wanted to spend his life in eating, drinking and having fun.

"The emperor's oral order." After Xia Shouzhong said this, he glanced at King Zhongshun, and the meaning was very clear, that is to ask him to kneel down to accept the order.

King Zhongshun could only stagger and kneel on the ground.

"The emperor ordered King Zhongshun to raise 500 million tons of grain and send it to the grain storage road within two months. If he fails to do so, the palace will be banned from now on."

As soon as King Zhongshun listened to the emperor's oral order, he immediately sobered up all the wine.It seems that the emperor knew about the fact that he had secretly bought grain for storage and roads. During this period, Liu Wan, Minister of the Household Department, had visited his mansion several times, but he shirked it for various reasons. A few days ago, he also heard that Liu Wan ordered his subordinates to The man pooled money and planned to make up for the food in the grain store. He thought he could rest easy, why did the emperor suddenly issue such an oral order?And seeing the emperor's stern tone, it seems that this time the matter is not small.

King Zhongshun himself is also talented, but he had given up on himself before and didn't think about it at all. Now that he wakes up and turns his head, he knows that this is the emperor's last compromise.Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the emperor will have to take his head and explain to the people all over the world.

"My lord, this servant has already finished speaking the emperor's oral instructions, so you can do it yourself. I have something to do in the palace, so I'll go now." Xia Shouzhong didn't want to stay in Zhongshun Palace any longer, so he wanted to leave.

But King Zhongshun suddenly got up from the ground at this time, grabbed Xia Shouzhong and asked, "Why does the emperor suddenly care about the matter of the grain storage road, please explain to me clearly."

Xia Shouzhong was grabbed by the wrist by King Zhongshun and couldn't get away. As soon as he heard his question, his eyes rolled up, and an idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone sounded immediately.

This King Zhongshun is now a jerk, arrogant and lawless, using such a person to give Jia Ke a bad start, and let him know that the current world still belongs to the emperor.

Xia Shouzhong smiled when he thought of this, only he could think of such a thing, and the emperor would reward him greatly if he knew about it.

So Xia Shouzhong showed a helpless expression on his face, "My lord, nothing happened at first. But a few months ago, Mr. Jia Kejia, the chief minister of the military aircraft department, suddenly asked the grain storage road to deliver more than 100 million dans of grain to the capital. You You know, now that Jia Ke is in power, even the emperor has to give him three points, so the matter of the grain storage road was exposed."

Xia Shouzhong had no choice but to speak ill of Jia Ke to King Zhongshun. After listening to Xia Shouzhong's words, King Zhongshun was so angry that his teeth itch.

Chapter 384

The reason why Xia Shouzhong spoke ill of Jia Ke in front of King Zhongshun was because he had always hated Jia Ke. He used the Supreme Emperor and almost beat him to death in the Golden Palace. It's because Jia Ke's power is getting bigger and bigger, that's why he forbears it. Now that he has an opportunity, he can't let it go, even if he can't hurt Jia Ke substantially, it's good to add some obstacles to Jia Ke.

For the Supreme Emperor, Xia Shouzhong didn't dare to hold grudges even if he had a hundred guts, so he put all his hatred on Jia Ke.

Now that King Zhongshun asked, he would tell the whole story.He even added a lot of bad things about Jia Ke in it, just thinking about having King Zhongshun and Jia Ke face off.

King Zhongshun was not without brains either, he naturally knew that there was water in Xia Shouzhong's words, and he probably couldn't believe them all.But the general process should not be wrong. With his identity, Xia Shouzhong didn't dare to lie to him on these issues as long as he casually inquired about them in the court.

King Zhongshun was getting more and more angry now, he even remembered what happened back then.If it weren't for Jia Ke's [-]-mile rush, he might be the one sitting on the Golden Luan Hall now.

It was because of this [-]-mile rush that he was hated by the Supreme Emperor, and thus lost the chance to become emperor.Unexpectedly, it was he who made himself lose such a large sum of money now.All of a sudden, old and new grudges welled up in his heart, and King Zhongshun's teeth were itching with hatred. If Jia Ke was in front of him now, he would like to bite him to death.

But King Zhongshun, after all, was the one who almost became the prince.He knew that Jia Ke's power was not small now, if he confronted Jia Ke head-on, he might not have much chance of winning?

After sending Xia Shouzhong away, King Zhongshun walked around the main hall of his palace and immediately came up with an idea.He can't deal with Jia Ke, can't he also deal with Jia Ke's family?

At that time, as long as he stood up for himself, Jia Ke would have nothing to do with him even if he was in a high position and powerful.After all, he is still the king of loyalty and obedience. As long as Jia Ke does not rebel, he cannot openly fall out with him without any evidence.

King Zhongshun called the chief eunuch beside him, "How much silver do we have in the palace treasury?"

"Reporting to the prince, our palace now has more than five million taels of silver."

When King Zhongshun heard this number, his face turned black. If this is the case, if he bought 500 million dans of grain, he might have to drink the northwest wind.Now King Zhongshun hates Jia Ke even more.

But he had to obey the emperor's will, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "You immediately send someone to Jiangnan to buy 500 million dans of grain and send it to the grain storage of the Ministry of Households."

The eunuch knelt on one side when Xia Shouzhong delivered the decree just now, so he naturally knew what was going on.I know that this time it is a disaster.This is what the emperor did for the sake of the deceased old concubine's face. If she were to change someone, she would either be sentenced to death or imprisoned.

The eunuch immediately replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the slave will do it right away, and I promise to deliver the food within two months, and I will never delay the matter for my Majesty."

King Zhongshun nodded, and then said to him: "Go and find out, who is in Jia Ke's family, Minister of Military Aircraft? What are you doing recently? Be sure to find out, and then report back to me."

This eunuch is a confidant of King Zhongshun, and he immediately understood what King Zhongshun meant, but he was a little hesitant about this matter. He also knew something about Jia Ke. This person was a powerful minister when the Supreme Emperor was in power. Now The emperor still has nothing to do with him when he is in power.If there is no unknown secret among them, he would not believe it even if he was killed.

He has stayed in the royal family for so many years, and he has never seen the emperor tolerate a powerful minister. If the emperor can tolerate it, it means that the emperor has no way to take this powerful minister.

This just shows the current situation between the emperor and Jia Ke. Now that King Zhongshun wants to fight Jia Ke, if there is any trouble, he will get angry.As the confidant of King Zhongshun, he felt obliged to remind him once.

"My lord, this Jia Ke is different from ordinary people. If something happens, even the emperor may not be able to protect us."

King Zhongshun said with a gloomy face: "Of course, this king knows how powerful this Jia Ke is, but this time, I don't plan to fight him to the death. As long as I teach him a little lesson, I will temporarily get out of my heart. That's enough. As for the enmity between him and this king, I will let the lives of his nine clans give me vent when Long Live Lord, my elder brother of the emperor, takes control of the situation."

The eunuch felt relieved now, as long as he didn't fight Jia Ke to the death, Jia Ke would not dare to make things too difficult for King Zhongshun.So he bowed and said goodbye, and left to arrange these things for King Zhongshun.

After King Zhongshun saw the eunuch go down, he couldn't bear the anger in his heart anymore.He smashed all the things in the room that could be smashed, and I sat on the chair weakly, with bloodshot eyes.

He has been holding back all these years, just waiting for the opportunity to regain his own throne. As for the relationship between the current emperor and him, what are these things in front of the imperial power?

But seeing that the current emperor's position is getting more and more stable, he is getting more and more frustrated.Now I can only use this Jia Ke, as long as Jia Ke and the emperor fall out, then I still have a glimmer of hope to regain the throne.

That's why King Zhongshun held back for a while, just wanting to see both the emperor and Jia Ke hurt, so that he could rise up and clean up the mess.

He had thought well at first, and things were developing according to his ideas. Jia Ke and the emperor fought hard.

Unexpectedly, the incident of the grain storage road happened now, and the emperor asked him to take out 500 million dans of grain.It seems that the emperor has already sensed his thoughts, and asking him to spend 500 million dans of grain this time is to teach him a lesson.

This time the emperor let King Zhongshun go, it seems that the previous affection was almost exhausted, if there is any news of disturbance, I am afraid it will not be so easy to pass the test.

King Zhongshun felt annoyed when he thought of this, but turned around and sneered again after thinking about it.Your emperor is very powerful, and there is Jia Ke standing next to him. It is not certain who will win the battle.

What King Zhongshun is thinking now is that as long as the emperor falls, the court still needs someone to be that puppet.Regardless of his status or position, as long as he becomes emperor first, and then slowly gets along with Jia Ke, it is possible to rule the world again.

Besides, when Jia Ke got the household department to start raising food, he knew that those people in the household department had already started to bankrupt and eliminate disasters, but this was exactly Jia Ke's intention. He can't control how to raise food.

It's just that Jia Ke never expected that he would offend King Zhongshun because of his appearance this time.Let the evil wolf King Zhongshun start to pay attention to Rongguo Mansion.

Just when the emperor passed on the decree of loyalty to the king, the current military aircraft department was discussing another matter.

On this day, Lei Ying, Minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't wait to say to Jia Ke as soon as he arrived at the military plane: "Master Jia, some time ago, the emperor ordered the Xiaoqi Battalion to march northward and station between Xuanfu Town and Miyun. What will Master Jia decide?" Time to let them go."

"Lord Lei, haven't I already said that before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first. As long as the army's food, grass and pay are ready, the army can start at any time." Jia Ke said confidently. The trick has long been dismissive.

"Lord Jia, these days, I have already prepared rations and salaries for the army. As long as the day for the army's departure is confirmed, I will send these supplies to the barracks immediately." Lei Ying, Minister of the Ministry of War, hurriedly accepted Jia Ke's words, and was shocked. As if afraid of Jia Ke's repentance.

Jia Ke is a little puzzled now, he knows the food and salaries in the imperial court, I am afraid there is not so much food in the warehouse of the household department, and the reward silver for the army, since the emperor has deducted 300 million taels privately this year, the silver used everywhere is very expensive Nervous, where did they raise all these materials so quickly.

In fact, the food and salaries used this time were allocated by the emperor from the internal treasury. After all, if they rely on the Ministry of Households, these troops may not be able to leave the capital next year.

The emperor had a discussion with Lei Ying. In order to let the Ruijian camp go north quickly and reduce the pressure of entering the capital, the emperor reluctantly allocated nearly 100 million taels of silver from the internal treasury for the needs of the Ruijian camp going north this time. food and salaries.

After Lei Ying got the emperor's 100 million taels of silver, she didn't dare to delay and immediately ordered the people from the Ministry of War to go to the south of the Yangtze River to purchase food.

Under Lei Ying's rectification, the people in the Ministry of War are now much more efficient than before. When Lei Ying ordered them, they rushed to the south of the Yangtze River day and night. In order to raise food as soon as possible, they did not go to various places to collect food and grass. Instead, Lei Ying's order was used to force the gentry to collect 50 dans of grain within three days.

The local gentry complained a lot when they got the news, and every one of these gentry was a genius.These people each have their own sources of news. They have gotten news since the beginning of spring this year. It has not rained in the north for several months. It seems that there is a problem with this year's harvest.Only then did they stockpile some grain and grass, and prepared to transport it to the north to make a fortune in case of drought.

But Lei Ying's trouble caused them to lose at least 70 million taels of silver.But Lei Ying was originally from Jiangnan and represented the interests of many gentry in Jiangnan, so this time he could not be demolished no matter what, so the gentry reluctantly scraped together 50 deniers of grain.