The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

In fact, just asking for money already challenged the more pedantic way of thinking of the Minister of Rites. Originally, he wanted to say that this kind of behavior was not in line with the way of a sage, and it also lost the grandeur of a great country, but when he opened his mouth, Ning Shan intentionally or unintentionally Glancing in this direction, his eyes were filled with awe-free and prestige, and the Minister of Rites immediately changed his words: "This statement is very kind, the preciousness of my soldiers' lives cannot be measured by vulgar yellow and white things. I should let them wear sackcloth and mourning to the fallen soldiers for me."

As soon as the words came out, the audience fell silent, the Minister of Rites was frightened and said nonsense, but the silent opposition from the crowd aroused his stubbornness: "Everyone is silent, do you think what I said is wrong? Thousands of years of laws and morals are so restrictive to kill people, so since we want to rule the barbarians, we should also bring them into the scope of legal management. But now, there is no mention of arresting them and sentencing them , but it’s nothing more than wearing sackcloth and filial piety to sincerely atone for sins, what’s wrong?”

Ning Shan waved his hand, signaling to the Minister of Rites not to be excited: "Let's discuss this later." He vaguely remembered that several tribes respected white, and making them wear filial piety was equivalent to giving them face.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice said in a daze, "Your lords have insights, but I have nothing to say." They can't control the barbarians for the time being.

Fearing that the world would not be chaotic, Jia She interjected: "You can go and entertain our valuable prisoner, let him experience the torture, it is best to scare him so that he will cry when he sees his father and want to go back. , and I don’t want to come back in the future.”

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice thought about it for a while, and Mao Sai suddenly said: "The Supreme Emperor has a good suggestion, and I can do it after seeing it. If the prisoners are captured, we will not beat or scold them, and scare the girls to death." When excited, the native language came out.The Minister of Rites hurriedly gave this Tongnian a wink, reminding him to pay attention to the etiquette of the next saint.

Ning Shan laughed it off, and casually asked the Minister of Industry: "If Aiqing has any suggestions, you can speak freely."

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry also replied casually: "I am thinking, can we organize foreign captives to repair the fortifications according to the method of the Ministry of Punishment." How much, but mosquito meat is also meat, and the amount accumulated is still staggering.The cost of using prisoners is relatively low, but the number of problem prisoners is also small. Relying on them alone, a city wall cannot be built in a year.If we win the battle in the future, we don’t need to worry about the food and lodging of the captives, but use their labor force to contribute to the country’s infrastructure construction, that would be wonderful.

The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War accompanied him to participate in the battle of Qiuji and said excitedly: "This method is good. We still have nearly [-] captives in the prison in the border city. We originally wanted the Ministry of Man to pay the price of one horse for one person. Thinking about it now, it is entirely possible to let them increase the height and thickness of the city wall before the negotiation is completed."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials has not been able to get a speech. At this time, he hastily interjected: "Don't send them to this important fortification. What if they have bad intentions and don't build it properly? You need to know that the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest. Sometimes this group of people makes a small mistake, and our city walls are unnecessary."

Hubu Langzhong quickly said: "Then don't use them to build important, military, or state-level facilities, let them repair houses for ordinary people, dig water canals, pave stone roads, and don't plant land or plant trees. It's simple, and it's not easy to do tricks." The key is that you don't have to be afraid of doing tricks, just dig a canal, and if they insist on going all out and digging deeper, wouldn't it be better to dig a well directly.

The ministers who were provided with reference ideas spoke freely, and were so excited that they didn't want to leave the court.Jia Amnesty couldn't bear it anymore, and yawned four times as a reminder before Ning Shan cleared her throat and stopped all the ministers' whimsical ideas: "My dear friends, please write down your ideas and hand them in. Going out on patrol, it’s a long journey and a sudden war, you are all very tired, I plan to stop the court for three days, so that everyone can have a rest.”

Naturally, no one would refute such a good thing. Even the ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the supervisory censors were not really so hard-headed.So, everyone went home happily.

Ning Shan also stretched her waist, and said to Jia She: "The little princess has been sent to the sisters, and the eldest prince will be yours. I just want to review the layout of the previous war in the past few days, and I don't care about them for the time being." gone."

Jia She is happy: "You are busy with your work, and the big fat grandson will be healthy and lively with me watching over him."

Ning Shan cast a sideways glance at Qiu Shi'an, seeing him nodding attentively with a solemn face, she felt a little relieved.He was not afraid that Jia She would not care enough to take care of his son, on the contrary, he was afraid that Jia She would use too much force. The eldest prince was just beginning to babble. Old imperial doctor Zheng said that at this time children are most likely to imitate the behavior of adults.If Jia She taught the eldest prince to be like him...

Ning Shan shuddered subconsciously, then he had to consider whether he created the empress system and let his daughter become the empress dowager—the emperor who thought that Yinghua was injured and could no longer have children was far-sighted and thoughtful.Or if it's really not possible, let Jia Lian give birth to a son and he will raise it?But can Jia Lian be born?

Jia Lian, who was questioned about a certain ability and knew nothing about it, returned home. Sister Feng had already waited in front of the second gate with the whole family. The woman just pursed her lips and smiled, pretending to say goodbye together: "Greetings to the prince, the prince is very happy. The prince went to the frontier, and the road was hard. I heard yesterday's head reported that I was going home today, and I prepared a cup. Water, wine, and dust, do you know if you can give Guangyao a collar?" She had already heard the news of the frontier army's victory in Beijing, and she took it for granted that Jia Lian would get a lot of credit from it, and maybe he could turn the county king into a prince.

Jia Lian pursed his mouth and said nothing, he knew his daughter-in-law's ambition too well, and he knew that she was looking forward to the prosperity of her husband and wife not just for a day or two, not even for a year or two.The elder brother ascended the throne and became the emperor, and he flew up to the branch to become the prince. Although Sister Feng was happy to show off everywhere, she never regretted that this honor was not earned by Jia Lian herself.It was precisely because he didn’t want to be looked down upon by his wife that Jia Lian had the ambition to go to the border towns to make military achievements. However, after witnessing the cruelty and tragedy of the war with his own eyes, he felt that it was not a big regret that his ambition was not rewarded. The most important thing was to live. of.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Sister Feng this.Holding his head high and enjoying the attentive service of his beautiful wife and concubine, and occasionally being baptized by his daughter's adoring eyes, Jia Lian was inexplicably proud and inferior at the same time. In a short journey, his psychological process was infinitely complicated. He was not scared to death by the war, but he was almost killed by I'm holding myself crazy.

Sister Feng is not someone who can hold back words, so she entered the inner room. After Ping'er and all the maids paid homage and offered tea, Sister Feng couldn't wait to ask: "You have made great contributions this time. Brother Huang, you can tell me what to do?" Reward?" Sister Feng was the one who changed her mouth the fastest in the whole family, and now she calls "father", "brother", "sister-in-law", and "sister-in-law" more easily than anyone else.Last month, I was bored and went to "visit" the female relatives of Jia's mansion in the prison temple. It's not good to let a group of people die with a crisp mouth. The "four evil gods" in the palace failed to make Wang Madam bowed her head submissively and admitted her mistake, but she was so angry that Sister Feng wailed and regretted her mistake.

It's also a skill!If Ning Shan knew about it, she would let Jia Lian take Sister Feng to negotiate. If the two could make up a "female and male dual evil", the treasury savings of the dynasty could be increased by at least [-]%.Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious - it must be prevented that the two of them are interested in moving to their own home together.

Jia Lian glanced at Sister Feng, who was beaming with joy, and was embarrassed to interrupt her dream, so she could only vaguely say: "The matter is not over yet, there are a lot of follow-up work, we have to wait until the Ministry of Man is completely leveled before we can discuss meritorious deeds and give rewards together."

Sister Feng curled her lips, a little dissatisfied, but she didn't continue to entangle the reward, and changed the subject: "Then tell me, how did you fight this battle, and what did you do?"

Jia Lian was sweating profusely, and he hesitated and asked back, "What do you think I can do?" He was actually curious about how capable he was in Sister Feng's heart.

Sister Feng shook her handkerchief, her face full of excitement: "I think you can strategize, use your arms to point, and win a thousand miles." This is not because Sister Feng thinks Jia Lian is so smart, but because she thinks Jia Lian does not jump on horses and whip, The ability to lead by example.Since you can't take the lead, you can only rely on your command to shine.Moreover, Sister Feng always felt that Jia Lian and Ning Shan should not have too much difference in their innate abilities. Ning Shan has the courage to be unstoppable, so Jia Lian should have the wisdom to resist thousands of troops even if he is so-so.

Ping'er hid behind Sister Feng's mouth and smiled straight. She could see better than her master, and knew how much their second master weighed. In her opinion, Jia Lian's ability to sit in the army and persevere to the end was quite remarkable.

In fact, Ping'er is much more reliable than Sister Feng, and Jia Lian really didn't make it to the end.But Sister Feng thinks that he is better mentally. Although the direction is different, the essence is the same: "I will tell you this. Brother Huang hasn't officially issued an order yet, so don't go out and talk nonsense. Ah!" Jia Lian's ability to change the topic is not weak, and she looks like she is talking about it, and successfully snatched the right to speak from Sister Feng.

Sister Feng's eyes were shining, and she grabbed Jia Lian's sleeve and urged, "what a good thing, tell me quickly!"

Jia Lian raised his head and chest, and cleared his throat: "Brother Huang is going to send me as a special envoy to negotiate with the barbarian troops that we have defeated, asking for horses and money. And he also specifically allowed me to choose someone to accompany me. Think about it, this But the imperial envoy has more power than the prince."

Sister Feng is not interested in negotiating, she only cares about the benefits after the negotiation: "How much will you get for what you want?"

Jia Lian scolded angrily: "Why do you only think about profiting from your own family? This is a major event that benefits the country and the people. Once it is done, I will be a famous person in history." From now on, every victory in a battle will make a lot of money. The pen, at the expense of the enemy, benefiting oneself, such a great achievement, must be immortalized forever!