The eldest son of the red mansion

The emperor took the jade seal, accumulated it on the inkpad, and then stamped it on the imperial decree.

After the emperor finished using the jade seal, he even rolled it up in the hands of Xia Shouzhong who was on the side of the tunnel.

After Xia Shouzhong took the imperial decree, he stepped down to the front of the jacket and raised his hands high.

Jia Ke had no choice but to kneel down again, receiving the imperial edict with both hands.Only then did he stand up again, holding the imperial decree in his arms.

When the emperor saw that Jia Ke received the imperial edict, a cold light flashed in his eyes, but he said with a smile on his face: "Jia Aiqing, this time you will have to work hard. You must take care of your health this time, the court can leave I won't let you go."

Seeing the emperor's smiling face, Jia Ke felt very tired in his heart, but he had to kneel down again and said: "This time, I will definitely live up to the emperor's expectations, defeat the Tatars, and return in triumph. "

Chapter 478 Discussion

After Jia Ke received the imperial decree, the ministers began to discuss the food and salaries needed for the military contribution. This year, there have been many disasters in various places. Although it is already autumn, the tax money and food in various places have been handed in, and there has been some relief. The food needed for the [-] army to go out is not a small amount, so it must be carefully planned, otherwise it will be a disaster if the army runs out of food.

Sitting on the throne, the emperor said to the people below: "The amount of grain that has just arrived this year is a little less than in previous years, so this time the expedition must be resolved quickly, and it cannot be delayed for too long. The court cannot support it."

Jia Ke thought for a while and said, "If the Tatars can fight the minister decisively, the battle can be resolved within a month or two. If the two sides persist, they may end up with winter, so no matter what, they will have to solve the problem of food and grass for three months." Otherwise, the army will not be able to win."

"What I'm very afraid of now is that the Tatars will disperse and harass everywhere. As a result, although the ministers have some cavalry, most of them are infantry, and they can't keep up with the Tatars anyway. Therefore, the emperor ordered that the nine sides The important towns have strengthened their defenses to prevent the Tatars from sneaking in."

The emperor nodded after listening, and then said: "Don't worry, I will send a decree to the nine sides, asking them to strengthen their guard against the Tatars."

Apart from worrying about the emperor doing something to him in the barracks, Jia Ke is also worried about the food and grass of the troops. If someone cuts off the food and grass on the way, it will be really ineffective every day.

"I would like to emphasize one more point. The food and grass for the army going north must be prepared in the army for at least a month. Otherwise, I am afraid that the army will be disturbed."

After hearing this, the emperor didn't express anything. He said to Liu Yu below: "Your military aircraft department ordered the household department to prepare food and grass as much as possible, so that the army's food must not be short. This matter will be handled by Liu Aiqing." Go. Go to the Minister of the Household Department and tell him to raise the food no matter what, and there must be no more mistakes."

Liu Yu hurried out of the shift and said, "Don't worry, your majesty, although this year's food supply is tight, the three-month expenses of the hundreds of thousands of troops can still be supported. I will go to the Ministry of Households in a while and ask them to put forward 30 dans for backup. Assemble in the capital and immediately head north with 30 tans of grain."

The emperor nodded and said to Jia Ke below: "I will arrange everything that Jia Aiqing can do for you, and it will be up to you in the future."

Jia Ke stepped forward to express his determination again. Seeing that the arrangements had been made, the emperor asked them to go back and prepare separately.

Jia Ke went out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation with the imperial decree in his arms, and said to Lei Ying: "Master Lei is the Secretary of the Ministry of War. This time, the matter of dispatching troops will be handed over to Master Lei. It must be implemented as soon as possible, so that they must have it within fifteen days. Rush to the capital."

Lei Ying cupped his hands to Jia Ke and said, "Master Jia, don't worry, I will issue an order now, and they must arrive at the capital on the [-]th, so that we can go north."

Jia Ke thought for a while and said, "In addition to the military department, we should also have a document in the military aircraft department. After all, we are the main people in charge of these soldiers."

Lei Ying frowned after listening to Jia Ke's words. Like before, the emperor ordered the mobilization of troops and horses, and the Ministry of War issued a document. Put it in your eyes.

Seeing Lei Ying's gloomy expression, Liu Yu knew that he wanted to refute, so he came out quickly and said, "Master Jia said that we are the Military Aircraft Department after all, and we are in charge of the important affairs of the military aircraft in the world. In the future, when we mobilize troops and horses, our Military Aircraft Department should issue a document." meaning."

Seeing that Liu Yu had agreed, Lei Ying suppressed the anger in her heart and said nothing more.

Seeing that Lei Ying did not refute, Jia Ke assumed that he agreed, and then bowed his hands to everyone and said, "Then I will leave the rest to everyone, and I will not go to the military aircraft department. I will go home and prepare for the expedition."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, without waiting for the crowd to express anything, she turned around and left the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and went straight out of the palace.

After Jia Ke left, Meng Ming, the head of the Imperial Academy, also bid farewell and went back to the Military Aircraft Department.

At this time, Lei Yingcai asked angrily: "What did Master Liu mean just now? Could it be that you also took refuge in Jia Ke?"

Seeing his appearance, Liu Yu was a little angry. This Lei Ying was so indifferent to others, but for the sake of the overall situation, he held back his anger and explained to Lei Ying: "It's a very important moment for Mr. Lei. If Jia Ke's wishes are not satisfied, Request, who knows what kind of moth he will come up with. It's better to fulfill his wish for the time being, and after a while, it won't be too late for us to settle the score after autumn."

In fact, Lei Ying also knows this truth, but every time he sees Jia Ke being so arrogant and domineering, he can't help but want to reply to him.

"Hey, Mr. Liu, I had a bad tone just now. Don't take offense. I just don't like Jia Ke's arrogant and domineering look." Lei Ying knew that her tone just now had offended Liu Yu, so she quickly said something soft. words.

Standing behind them, Sun Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, listened to the conversation between the two, and began to think about it.This time, I am afraid that the emperor will really do something to Jia Ke.Otherwise, how could Liu Yu agree to the Military Aircraft Department's intervention in mobilizing troops? If this is done, the emperor will become a real puppet.Because at that time, all the soldiers in the world will be transferred to Jia Ke on the surface. At that time, Jia Ke can let go of his hands and feet, and no one can control him anymore.

But Liu Yu and Lei Ying didn't know that the person standing behind them was already Jia Ke's subordinate.They all regarded him as a general under Liu Yu's command, so many things were not behind his back, which allowed him to sniff out a lot of information.

Liu Yu and Lei Ying came to the Military Aircraft Office together. Liu Yu now wrote a document at the Military Aircraft Office, stamped his seal on it, and handed it to Lei Ying.

Lei Ying took the document and looked at it, "Master Liu, this time I will go north with Jia Ke, and I will leave the affairs of the capital to you. Once there is a change in the north, I will rely on you to appease these arrogant soldiers in the capital."

"I know that in the capital, it is mainly Jia Ke's confidants and generals. These people are the leaders of each battalion, but the people in the middle and the bottom have served in the three major battalions for several lifetimes. These people may not rely on Jia. Ke, when the time comes, as long as the leaders of the three battalions are all dealt with, everything else will be easy to talk about."

Although Lei Ying felt a little hasty, after all, the three major camps had been controlled by Jia Ke for so many years. It would be a lie to say that he didn't make any arrangements, but at this time, he could only take a risk.

Besides, Jia Ke left the Military Aircraft Office and did not go back to the Marquis of Wuyang Mansion, but went directly to the Yamen of the Infantry Commander with his own soldiers.

Here, his military adviser Fan Kang is in charge of the overall situation, and he needs to discuss some things with him.

Jia Ke entered the yamen of the Infantry Commander, and went directly to the study near Datang, asking someone to invite Fan Kang.

Jia Ke thought for a while and called Liu Yu over, "Go back and tell Wei Kun to come here with the latest information from the north."

Liu Yu took the order, turned around and left the study.

After a while, Fan Kang hurried to the study to meet Jia Ke.

Fan Kang entered the study room, saluted Jia Ke according to the previous rules, and then sat down beside him.

"Mr. Fan, this is the imperial decree issued by the emperor today, take it and have a look." Jia Ke didn't say anything, and directly sent the imperial decree to Fan Kang.

Fan Kang took the imperial edict casually and opened it. After a closer look, it turned out that it was an order to appoint Jia Ke as Marshal of the Northern Expedition.

After reading it, Fan Kang thought for a while and said, "My lord, there is something strange about this edict."

"Oh, is there something wrong? The Tatars should come to the Qing court to order the troops to go north. What's wrong?" Jia Ke said nonchalantly, but the alarm bells in his heart kept ringing.

"My lord, haven't you noticed? All the troops mobilized this time are from the vicinity of the capital, and none of them are direct descendants of the lord. And the combat effectiveness of these troops is really worrying. Using these people to fight against the Tatars is simply to die." Fan Kang said Out of the doubts.

Jia Ke said with a smile, "Isn't there still my 5-strong cavalry battalion? With [-] horses, these reinforcements will at least be able to hold off against the Tatars."

And there is one thing Jia Ke didn't say to Fan Kang, that is, these inland soldiers and horses are not necessarily vulnerable. Since these general soldiers and rhythms took refuge in Jia Ke, they have also stepped up their training. It can also be fought.

Fan Kang still shook his head, he always felt that something was wrong.And as Jia Ke's military adviser, he knows Jia Ke's information like the back of his hand.During this period, neither Wei Kun nor Tang Kuai sent any information on the large-scale gathering of Tatars.It is impossible for these two people not to know about such a large-scale transfer.

"My lord, I haven't received any information about the large-scale mobilization of the Tatars during this period. I think there must be fraud in it."

Fan Kang paused for a moment and then said: "Besides, on the way north to the Xiaoqiying Camp, we will go to Gubeikou first. My lord will travel hundreds of miles from the capital to Gubeikou, but there will be no direct troops to escort him."

After hearing this, Jia Ke remained silent. In fact, this was exactly what Jia Ke was thinking. It seemed that the time for the showdown was coming soon.

At this moment, Liu Yu came in from outside the door to salute Jia Ke, and then said, "Master, Wei Kun has already arrived, waiting outside the study for my master's call."

"Let him in."

After listening to Jia Ke's instructions, Liu Yu went out.After a while, he and Wei Kun entered the study together.

As soon as Wei Kun entered the study, he quickly knelt down and saluted Jia Ke.

Jia Ke didn't let him get up this time, but stood up and walked around beside him, and then said: "What's the matter with your information? There is an urgent military message from Gubeikou, and how many Tatars have gathered in the north?" 10 people want to invade the south, don't you know such a big thing?"