The Supreme Emperor Jia She of the Red Chamber

The emperor, who was far away in the capital, naturally received news of the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River, and also received letters of complaint one after another, and even the former favorite concubine brought her son to her knees and demanded that Jia amnesty and his party be severely punished.

The emperor was silent for a while, looking at the crying concubine's son who was roaring angrily in front of him, he had a terrible headache, looked sideways at Dai Quan and said: "Go and call Xiao Liu over."

Emperor Ming Yan also knew everything that happened in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was even more prepared for the event that the emperor told him to go. He thought about many countermeasures, and then stepped into the Daming Palace with a "confused" face, and greeted people respectfully.

"You two, tell Xiao Liu yourself." The Emperor's eyes swept across the watery letterhead, seeing the angry and roaring words of assassinating the child, he lost his affection for the Zhen family who were full of grievances and roundabout complaints.

Well, even if the concubine and child kneel on the floor, compared to the Jia family...

The smile with a hint of blood appeared in his eyes, and the emperor's heart suddenly hurt like a needle prick.

Hearing this, Concubine Zhen's face froze when she was crying with pear blossoms and rain, her beautiful reddish eyes looked at the emperor in disbelief, and said in a mournful voice: "Your majesty..."

"Enough, don't think that I don't know the good things the Zhen family has done these years!" Impatiently, the emperor raised his leg and kicked away the rushing Concubine Zhen, and said coldly: "Be quiet, I will let you two live in peace Days, otherwise these crimes will be enough to demote you to a commoner!"

"Royal Father!" Upon hearing this, Situ Xu's face suddenly changed, and he looked at the Emperor in astonishment, "You..."

"That's enough, Dai Quan, take them down." The emperor rubbed his head, and after giving the order, he looked at the present who had been silent since asking for peace, and a sharp edge flashed in his usually cloudy eyes, "The matter in the south of the Yangtze River , I’m also teasing here, if the group of them don’t return to Beijing safely, I won’t miss a son like you!”

"Father," Situ Zhao could hear the warning in the words, and he was not in the mood to beat around the bush, and said coldly, "I'm not so cruel that I can even take advantage of a three-year-old child."

If it hadn't been for the gang of corrupt officials who have become more and more glaring in recent years, he wouldn't have uprooted them all at once.The competition is almost over, and many young talents have emerged to fill the vacancies.

"As you please." The emperor obviously didn't trust Situ Zhao's words, so he ordered Dai Quan to fetch a copy of the imperial decree that had already been drawn up, and said, "In this case, you stamp the jade seal on me and send it to Jiangnan."

Situ Zhao took the imperial decree and unfolded it. When his eyes touched the words on the paper, he was stunned.

Aside from the high-sounding words, there is only one central meaning expressed in the imperial decree: to recognize Jia She as the adopted son and make him King En.

"Father, Ninth Brother and the others just left!" After the shock, Situ Zhao felt a little gloating.Tsk tsk, the backing that the Zhen family has always relied on is really... elbows out.

Hehe, when he realized what words he used to describe, Situ Zhao's face became a little stiff.

But right now, he really couldn't find any good words to describe this matter.There is a feeling of grief for the death of a rabbit and a fox for its kind.

A close relative by blood is not as good as the son of an official?This son is still a dude.

"Knock the seal, send Jiangnan, and go with Dai Quan." The emperor paused, and then gave up again and again: "Speaking of which, I haven't visited Jiangnan for a long time, why don't you and my father and son go together."

Situ Zhao felt that at least for this moment he was still chilling.For this outsider, it is unprecedented to be able to prevent parents and children from being in such a situation.

"Since you want to uproot, then bring more guards." The emperor said that wind is rain, and asked Dai Quan to prepare his bags and head to Jiangnan immediately.

Situ Zhao looked at the emperor who was eager to leave, and the anger in his heart couldn't dissipate no matter what.Although I have warned myself countless times that it is absolutely impossible to pray for the father's love, but I am not compared with other brothers. As a son connected by blood, I can't even compare with the son of a mere courtier.

The blow was still quite depressing.

Situ Zhao silently arranged the government affairs in the court, and ordered his confidants to pay close attention to the words and deeds of the other brothers. He was afraid that as soon as he stepped out of the palace, someone would ascend the throne as the emperor.

But he refused to go south, and he couldn't give up the salt administration and water transportation that he was about to acquire.

Had to arrange again and again, and Situ Zhao reluctantly sent Jia Jing back to the Taoist temple, and then went to Jiangnan with a cold face.

When the emperor and his party came to Jinling, under the leadership of Hou Xiaokang, the party had already rectified the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River like shallots mixed with tofu, as clear as day.

Jia She looked at the pamphlets piled up in front of him, and couldn't help sighing, "Tsk tsk, are these officials short-sighted or scheming, everyone has a pamphlet, they don't remember themselves, they just cheat their companions !"

"The giants in the south of the Yangtze River are indeed true. Who is so funny that even 1 taels of silver have been included in the register." Hou Guoqiang has checked a lot of policies these days, and he can think of anyone who embezzles 1 taels of silver a year. Arranged to be fair and honest, I couldn't help checking the cover curiously, looked up at Jia She in some astonishment, with a trace of teasing in his eyes: "Uncle She, are you still planning to kill your relatives righteously?"

Lin Ruhai, the three-time salt censor, holds a lot of power, and is in the heart of the emperor, very young and promising.Of course, this was not his first impression. He only remembered that Tan Hualang once "robbed" the "Sound of Pines on a Mountain Road" that he liked.

Originally, Uncle She promised to give this painting to his birthday, but his sister took a fancy to it and gave it to her brother-in-law.

oops...

Hou Guoqiang couldn't help laughing when he thought about it. Ever since his father said that, he felt that when he faced Jia She, he really wanted to play with his childish temper willfully.

Jia Amnesty took over the account book of a certain salt merchant, glanced at it quickly, and then immediately hid it in his sleeve, looked around to make sure that a certain iron bread man who was acting resolutely was not there, lowered his voice, and whispered: "Xiaoqiang , give uncle a face. The water is so clear that there are no fish, and the poor number of people can be regarded as the most honest."

"Uncle, what you set up with my father at the beginning is less than 8000 taels and let it go."

Jia Amnesty: "..."

"Uncle Xie, if you think about a salt merchant with [-] yuan, how many salt merchants are there in Yangzhou?" Hou Guoqiang saw the place's head drooping, thinking about countermeasures, and added with a smile: "Could it be that just because it's your brother-in-law, you can open the Internet?" One side? What's more, it's your brother-in-law, what does it have to do with my Hou family? Now our two families are almost hanging on their belts. If someone mentions that they are treated differently in the future, where will I go to complain? ?”

Being educated by the younger generation with sincerity, Jia She heard the words and sighed deeply, "I was thinking about it. But..." Scratching his head with his hands, Jia She didn't know what to say, "Hey... Forget it, forget it Anyway, I will present it to the emperor first, in case something happens, I can at least protect people's food and clothing."

After finishing speaking, Jia Amnesty shook his head again and asked, "Where's your father? Why didn't you see him so early in the morning? You didn't even see the little monkey."

"Well, they went out of the city gate to meet my father-in-law."

"Oh." Jia She nodded and was about to go out when he stopped suddenly and raised his voice, "Your father-in-law? Wait... is it time?"

"Well," Hou Guoqiang said with a smile: "So don't worry, Uncle She, as far as Mr. Lin's achievements are concerned, a mere 1 taels of silver is nothing serious, and he might be promoted."

"Who's worried about him? I mean your father-in-law, why did you come over now?" Jia Amnesty was anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

This will mess up all his plans!

He might not be a wine and meat monk, but a dead body directly.

If Situ Zhao knew Jia She's inner speculation, he would smile and say congratulations, he guessed right.

As a noble son, he couldn't stand up and set up a family, which made him a little bit contemptuous.The person he despises now is even more favored by the emperor than him.

Most importantly, they will still be brothers in the eyes of the world in the future.

It's like a fishbone stuck in my throat, I can't get up and down, it's uncomfortable.

Situ Zhao rubbed his little grandson who threw himself into his arms and told him what he had seen along the way, with kind eyes in his eyes.

He has few heirs, and he has only five sons and one daughter as adults.Now these five sons are jumping up and down all day long, and even having a son has to compare with each other. Now that there are too many grandchildren, they are also upset, and then rare things are more expensive.He also cherishes the only daughter of the Empress Yuan who once helped him, and even with his two grandchildren, he loves the house even more.

Especially this little grandson, who is bold and not afraid of strangers, when he opened his mouth to talk about my imperial grandfather, his little eyes were full of pride and admiration, he didn't take advantage of it, but it made him quite ironic.

"Grandfather, these scoundrels are too hateful. We must starve them hard and let them live like those ordinary people." Hou Ziqi demanded very righteously.

"Okay, listen to Qier."

"I know that my grandfather is the best."

"Is it better for my grandfather or your grandfather?" Situ Zhao glanced at Hou Xiaokang who was standing silently by the side, and asked softly.

"It's all good." Hou Ziqi replied without thinking.

"Haha..." Situ Zhao laughed heartily, and then coaxed Hou Ziqi to go to the carriage to relieve the emperor, then turned his eyes and looked at Hou Xiaokang fixedly, with a hint of teasing in his eyes, "Hou Aiqing, I didn't Thinking that you can act so swiftly and resolutely." If they were one step behind, maybe he really became a poor commander.

"Your Majesty is serious, my minister is just acting according to the law." Hou Xiaokang replied blankly.

"It's good to act in accordance with the law." Situ Zhao raised his brows, looked Hou Xiaokang up and down, saw that his face was normal, and couldn't help but sighed deeply.

In fact, he is more wary of Hou Xiaokang than the Zhen family.Because Rao has been an in-law for so many years, and he has never been able to find a single flaw in the other party, or that the other party has almost no desires and strengths.

Such a nearly perfect person is scary.

After more than half a year, he finally found a person who could affect his emotions, so he wished to light firecrackers to congratulate him.

After all, that kind of look in people's eyes can't be hidden from him.

Finding a feeling of sympathy for each other, Situ Zhao unknowingly talked a little too much. He felt that he would share with Hou Xiaokang his father's next move, so that someone could help him analyze it.

"What?" Hou Xiaokang paused the hand holding the horse, and there was a trace of panic in his voice: "The emperor wants to accept Enhou as his adopted son?"

"Yes." Situ Zhao nodded sadly and angrily.

"This..." Then it seems that his status is higher than him?And does anyone care about them?

Hou Xiaokang realized what he was thinking, and was so frightened that his face was ashen-white.