Palace Flower as Employment [Red Mansion]

After Jia Qi returned to the cabinet, the focus of his work was on the Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.

Jia Qi is not the father and son of the Wen family, and the ideas of the Wen family and his sons are not uncommon in Wei. They think that Nanyang does not belong to Wei in the first place, and Wei can't afford to take risks for Nanyang, a difficult-to-govern, remote sea archipelago. , Let the soldiers go to die.

It is because of this kind of thinking that the Spice Islands in Nanyang are lost one by one.

And Jia Qi is quite tough in terms of foreign policy: Malacca must be under the control of our Great Wei, and the Nanyang Islands, including Baiyue and Qianxiang Kingdom, etc., if they are honest, it’s fine, if they dare If you hook up with Westerners behind your back, or join forces with Westerners to attack my Great Wei Navy, then kill them directly.The disobedient forces in the Nanyang Islands also took the opportunity to cut them off.

When the Wen family and his sons were in power, the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty were afraid that if they won the battle, they would not get the rewards from above, let alone suffer, but when Jia Qi regained control of the cabinet and the Privy Council, the soldiers had no worries.

The soldiers of the Great Wei rushed towards Nanyang screaming.

Merchants in Dawei also waved silver tickets, gold tickets, and Yanyin, hoping to get a share of it.These businessmen not only have money, but also people!

This is also what Jia Qi values ​​most.

Those businessmen saw Jia Qi's behavior pattern from Jia Qi's last action. In order to distribute benefits from Nanyang, they had already prepared money and manpower.

Jiangnan, Yangtze River Basin, and Pearl River Basin.

Although Jia Qi had mobilized people from these places to go to the northeast and outside the customs before, how could Jia Qi's energy alone compare with these businessmen?The businessmen are very meticulous in their work. They are either the local snakes in these places or they are inextricably connected with the local snakes in these places. Therefore, the population migration this time has been done very meticulously.

Jia Qi was satisfied to see that the population density in the south of Great Wei, especially Jiangnan, had dropped by one-third.

In stark contrast, the Nanyang Islands fell into the hands of Wei one after another.

This time, it was different from last time.The last time it could only be said to have roughly occupied the Nanyang Islands, but this time it is truly owned.

Dawei really owns this ocean.

Although the process is tortuous and the loss is huge, for Jia Qi, compared with the final result, the loss in the middle is tolerable.Not to mention, after mastering the Strait of Malacca for the first time, Jia Qi was the only one in Nanyang. Although the taxes he should pay had never been less, Jia Qi ate meat, and most businessmen could not drink soup. Said that this situation is not good for him to promote the economic development of the entire China.

And the fact is that he, Jia Qi, was unlucky, and the imperial court's control over Nanyang immediately declined.

Now, all kinds of forces have entered Nanyang. There is no doubt that this will make Wei's rule over Nanyang more stable.Even if things happen again in the future, Huaxia will firmly control this ocean. Compared with the loss of Jia Qi alone, the significance of this is even greater.

Those merchants who set up camp in Nanyang naturally hoped that the Wei's navy would protect them forever, protect their lives, and protect their industries.

Therefore, the merchants of Nanyang are very willing to give tribute to the soldiers of the Nanyang Navy.

With the sponsorship of businessmen, the Nanyang Navy ushered in another spring.The best weapons, the best boats, and the daughter of a merchant with a large dowry as a daughter-in-law.The treatment of the Nanyang navy suddenly became the best among the many navy of the Wei Dynasty.

This also made the sailors in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean more brave and fearless.

While regaining Nanyang, Jia Qi did not forget Qianxiang Kingdom and other Nanyang dependent countries.Just as he estimated, Britain really began to plant a large number of *blocked keywords* in the Golden Triangle at the junction of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. However, India on the side is a caste world and never takes China seriously.

This also added a lot of trouble for Jia Qi to pull out the cancer of the Golden Triangle.

Drugs mean a lot of human life, but also countless gold.

Capitalism doesn't care whether its capital is bleeding or not, it only cares about gold.

When Pan Renmei, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, published the memorial again, informing that a large number of *blocked keywords* had flowed into China, Jia Qi gave the following order, that is: no matter what the cost, even if the Mekong River is razed to the ground, even if the That land became a scorched earth, and the *masked keyword*, the poppies, had to be eradicated from that land as well.All those who stand in front of this plan, whether they are subjects of the state or Wei, will be shot to death.

Under this order, Qian Xiangguo was the first to be unlucky.

In this country, the queen is in power, and the princess has the same inheritance rights as the prince.For many years, when Qianxiang Kingdom paid tribute to the Great Wei, it was superficially one way and secretly another way. When the Wen family was in power and the Great Wei Nanyang Navy was weak, Qianxiang Kingdom even sent troops to pretend to be Cheng pirates attacked the Wei navy.

Such a country, in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Wei, turned out to be a model vassal state.

Jia Qi who got the detailed information was not polite at all.

It is also strange that the capital of Qianxiang Kingdom is not very far from the coastline. Even if the capital of Qianxiang Kingdom is beyond the range of the artillery carried by the Wei ship, as long as the wind direction is calculated and the Kongming lanterns are released, the capital of Qianxiang Kingdom can still be burned to the ground. A piece of rubble.

When Liang Jian and Qi Qian learned that Jia Qi was going to attack Qian Xiangguo, they objected.

However, Jia Qi always insisted on his own opinion, and said to Liang Jian and Qi Qian: "According to the memorial of Pan Renmei Pan, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Long Live and Wen's should be infected with drug | *, that’s when the symptoms appear.”

Liang Jian was dumbfounded.

Qi Qian's reaction was not slow: "Jia Zhiyuan means that the reason why Wansui and Wen's fell to this point is Master Pan and Concubine Pan..."

Jia Qi immediately shook his head and said, "It can't be Mrs. Pan. Although Concubine Pan entered the palace early, she has no son. If Concubine Pan has a son, then it must be in her best interest to do so. But Concubine Pan I have never had a child, at this time, if something happens to Long Live, Concubine Pan will face a lonely and helpless second half of her life, and Master Pan will only lose a daughter in vain, and there will be no benefit at all."

When Qi Qian and Liang Jian heard about it, they immediately agreed.

Pan Renmei is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who is not easy to marry his daughter, and must be sent to the palace to be the emperor's concubine?Didn't he just go for that chair?

Therefore, before Concubine Pan gave birth to the prince, before Concubine Pan's prince grew up and stood still, Pan Renmei would not attack the emperor.

His IQ would not allow him to do that.

Later that day, the empress dowager and empress called Jia Qi over and asked him face to face: "You said the emperor was hit by *blocked keyword*?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, more precisely, it is *blocked keyword* addiction. Regarding the symptoms of *blocked keyword* addiction, Mrs. Pan has already written clearly in the memorial."

The Queen Mother immediately said: "Is it possible that Concubine Pan brought the things in?"

Jia Qi thought for a while and said: "I don't know much about the affairs of the palace. However, when Concubine Pan entered the palace, although she brought a dowry, these things have been checked in detail. If there is anything wrong, the relevant copywriting There should be detailed records in it. As for later, Mr. Pan is far away in Guangzhou, and the Pan family is an upstart, so I'm afraid they don't have the ability."

It is true that Pan Renmei is a veteran who has gone through three dynasties, but there are few officials in the Pan family. As long as Pan Renmei's two sons are mediocre, otherwise Pan Renmei would not have the idea of ​​sending her daughter to the palace.

"So, you mean, not Concubine Pan? Who would it be?"

The queen immediately said: "Mother, could it be Wen's?"

The Empress Dowager frowned, shook her head and said, "Who in this world knows it's a drug, but still uses it on himself?"

The queen said: "What if Wen doesn't know?"

"I do not know what it meant?"

"Mother, my son heard that this Wen family had colluded with the foreign vassals. The Prince of England used Wen's power to sneak out of the capital. If it weren't for this Wen family, Nanyang would not be what it is today."

In the eyes of the queen, Wen's was greedy for money and superficial. Those Nanyang envoys gave her two expensive gifts and said a few good words, and she would believe her, and maybe even help her.

*Blocked keyword* Will Wenshi know the harm of this kind of thing?

The queen mother snorted coldly, and said: "Bitch, it's too cheap to put her in the cold palace." After thinking for a while, the queen mother asked Jia Qi again: "Jia Zhiyuan, what is the situation in Nanyang now?"

Compared with the Wen family, compared with who the emperor encountered in the dark, it is obvious that the queen mother is more concerned about the great Wei Guozuo.

Jia Qi said: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, although the Nanyang Islands have been recovered, the Qianxiang Kingdom and other vassal states are secretly attacking our Great Wei Navy. In addition, Yingjili has also produced an iron-clad ship. If Nanyang is not close enough to our Great Wei , the supply is convenient, if it weren’t for the large number of ships of our Great Wei, I’m afraid that the ships of Yingjili would already be wandering in the East China Sea, or even the Yellow Sea.”

"how come?"

The queen mother is not an idiot. She knows very well what it means for Westerners' ships to appear in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

The queen said: "Is the ship of England powerful? How about our losses?"

Jia Qi said: "In the words of the Empress, Yingjili's iron boats only appeared last year. I estimate that their iron boats were only completed in the last two years. They are not comparable to our Great Wei, which has been manufacturing iron boats for several years. And , Our Dawei Iron Boat Workshop is in Dalian, across the sea from Yantai and Weihai in Shandong. Although my Dawei almost lost Nanyang due to poor command before, even Malacca once fell into the enemy's hands. But Wei's navy is not vegetarian, and supplies are cheaper than Westerners, so although the loss is large, it is still within the tolerable range."

The queen mother said: "How much is within the acceptable range?"

Jia Qi said: "The various economic losses of losing the Nanyang Islands are not counted. The loss of ships alone is as high as more than 30 ships. Our treasure ships are high enough that Western ships cannot be plundered, so we must choose to avoid them or besiege them. , I will not stop until the treasure ship is sunk. The wooden ship is fine, after all, apart from the keel, everything else is easy to talk about, the problem is the iron-clad ship.”

"How about an ironclad ship?"

"The cost of an iron-clad ship is more than 30 taels of silver. Once it is lost, it is not a small sum."

The price difference between wood and fine steel is not one or two points.

The queen asked again: "30 silver? So much?"

Jia Qi said: "Compared to England's iron-clad ships, this is already very economical."

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

Jia Qi said: "Our craftsmen serve corvee, that is to say, as long as there is an order from the court, the craftsmen will naturally obey. Miners can also be recruited in the form of corvee. Therefore, the real cost is only rations and transportation along the way. The manpower and related materials needed, including iron ore and wood, and mold money are all that’s all. But England is different. The craftsmen in England are all free citizens. If they don’t have enough wages, it is impossible for them to build ships for their country. Instead In other words, the cost of any ship in England is more than 100 million or higher."

"Higher? How tall?"

"Maybe it's 200 million, or 300 million. I don't know the specifics. If the empress wants to know, I can send someone to investigate."

The queen shook her head and said: "It doesn't matter, I just need to know that Wei's iron-clad ships are cheaper than Yingjili's. Jia Aiqing, this Yingjili can compete with our iron-clad ships, which shows their national strength. You say, we Can you win?"

Jia Qi said: "As long as the Ministry of Industry cooperates, as long as the performance of our iron-clad ships and artillery does not differ too much from that of England, as long as we have enough ships. In terms of cost alone, if they build a ship, we can build it." Three ships, if they build three ships, we will build ten ships. As long as we have enough ships, we will definitely win with the more ships and the stronger ones. Anglia is living down."

The queen said: "This, can this be done?"

"Empress, although this is somewhat difficult, it is not impossible. Because the power of theocracy is higher than that of the king in the European countries."

"Divine power is higher than royal power?" The queen was dumbfounded.

The queen mother was furious: "Nonsense! A barbarian is a barbarian, and there is no place like this."

The queen immediately said: "Jia Aiqing, I will leave the affairs of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean to you."

"Yes, I should try my best."

After Jia Qi left, the Empress Dowager asked the Empress: "Your child, it is rare for Jia Zhiyuan to enter the palace, so you let him go like this?"

Just as the empress had little affection for the emperor, the queen mother did not have much affection for the emperor either.

Not her own son.

Compared with the emperor who must not live long, the empress dowager obviously valued the great Wei and the empress more.

"Mother?"

The Empress Dowager waved her hand and asked the maids and servants to retreat to the outside room, and then said to the Empress: "You are the one I look up to, even if you put it among the people, I am also your own aunt. You really think that the Ai family can't see it." What's on your mind?"

The queen turned pale, and immediately knelt down to plead guilty, and racked her brains to cover up the past.

As a queen, she actually admired men other than the emperor. If others found out, not only would she die without a burial place, but her family and that man would also suffer.

But the queen couldn't control herself.

She survived that period of time relying on Jia Qi's guidance.If it weren't for Jia Qi's guidance, she might have fought with Wen Shi long ago, and then was abolished by the emperor.

Jia Qi's guidance not only saved her, but also saved her family.In the dead of night, the queen was just talking about Jia Qi's advice, and that's how she survived under Wen's pressing every step of the way.It was because of that night of worry and repeated memories of that night that the queen unconsciously remembered Jia Qi deeply.

It's just that the queen never told anyone about this worry.

The queen asked herself, she concealed it quite well, but she never expected that the queen mother would see through her and stab it out at this time.

The queen broke out in a cold sweat from fright.

The queen mother helped the queen up, and said: "Yes, if Ai's family is you, Ai's family will also see a lot of bastard Lao Liu. Compared with Jia Zhiyuan, he can't even compare with his finger. But Who told him to be reincarnated. A person like Jia Zhiyuan can only be raised by a soft-tempered person like Jia Enhou. If he was born in the royal family, he would be the same as the flesh and blood of the Ai family. .”

When it came to the last sentence, only sadness remained on the Queen Mother's face.

For those children of Emperor Sejong, as well as those concubines and concubines, the Queen Mother always did not like them.

Why is my son dead, but your son is fine?

The queen mother doesn't like directors, not because she is in poor health, but because she is out of sight.

If it weren't for the situation not to allow it, the Empress Dowager would never have left her Compassionate Palace.

The queen mother put her arms around the queen and said, "Silly boy, you have to know that Jia Zhiyuan has a wife and children. You are the queen of Wei, the future queen mother. It is impossible for you to remarry, let alone remarry He. So, if you want to see him again, you must be a good queen, a good queen mother, and protect Wei."

"Mother?"

The queen was stunned.

The queen mother said: "Silly boy, I am old, and I don't know how many years I can last. In the future, Dawei will count on you. Don't forget, your mother is the eldest princess of Dawei, and will also be the eldest princess of Dawei in the future." .You are the most noble queen of my Great Wei bloodline. You control Great Wei, as long as Great Wei is in your hands, you can achieve your wish, and no one will dare to bully you."

The queen mother is really very old. She is the original wife of Emperor Sejong. Now she is nearly seventy years old. It is time for her to make plans for her death.

The Queen Mother knew very well that if Wei died, even if she was buried in the mausoleum, she would be dug out by the tomb robbers.The way to keep yourself from being disturbed after death is to let Da Wei pass it on.Therefore, she wants to use the queen, and take advantage of the queen's admiration for Jia Qi.

As long as the empress believes that only she is the empress dowager of Da Wei, she can often see Jia Qi to relieve the pain of lovesickness, then the empress will guard Da Wei.

The queen was distraught.

She didn't even know how to get back to her bedroom.

The queen has the self-esteem of a queen, even if the marriage is unsatisfactory, she never has the idea of ​​snatching other people's husbands.But Jia Qi is different.

From the day when the marriage agreement with the emperor was made, the empress hadn't seen any other man, not to mention her own brother, not even her own father, the empress hadn't met a few times.

And Jia Qi is the only exception.

If it weren't for the emperor's clamor to make Wen's concubine, if it wasn't for Jia Qi's remonstrance, the queen would never have noticed Jia Qi.But it was a mistake that caused the queen and Jia Qi to have an intersection.

Knowing that the emperor Xinyue Wenshi, the queen's parents would only ask the queen to be virtuous, and the brothers would only bring her some small things, but they couldn't give her more advice. It was Jia Qi who really helped her.

Therefore, for many years, the queen's wish is that she only needs to watch from a distance.She doesn't need to be able to see Jia Qi often, nor does she need to be able to talk to Jia Qi often, she just needs to be able to look at this man from a distance.

But things are so absurd.

She is the queen of Da Wei, and she must guard Da Wei if she wants to see Jia Qi.As for the kings of the three generations of Wei, only Emperor Sejong treated Jia Qi fairly well. As for the emperor who had just passed away and the emperor who had not lived much, he never regarded Jia Qi as a courtier at all.

The queen sat under the lamp all night, until her whole body became numb, and then she went to the bedroom to lie down for a while.

The empress did not go to see the emperor, or rather, when the empress dowager decided to bend over to the emperor and force the emperor to have sex with a woman, the empress took herself out.

The queen doesn't mind raising other people's sons, but she feels disgusted if she is asked to have sex with the emperor.

Now, there are already five pregnant women in the palace, and the emperor can be regarded as able to have a little leisure.However, after being eroded by *blocked keywords* for a long time, the emperor's body collapsed long ago, and he was given strong drugs, which made the emperor who was only in his early twenties skinny and looked like a skeleton.

Although now the emperor will no longer have the opportunity to touch *blocked keywords*, but the emperor's spirit is not very good.

The queen didn't want to see the emperor, but the queen mother would visit the emperor regularly.

When the emperor saw the queen mother, he would say: "The queen mother is here to see if I am alive or dead?"

The Queen Mother said: "I just came to tell you that Yingjili has declared war on Great Wei."

The emperor said: "It's all that Jia Qi's fault, if he didn't offend the Prince of England..."

"Then, what about the iron-clad ships? Jia Zhiyuan in our Great Wei Dynasty made iron-clad ships that don't rely on sails because Jia Zhiyuan kept throwing money at them. But England also has iron-clad ships, which can be obtained overnight? If it weren't for Jia Zhiyuan Courtyard, the English are waiting for the shore from Tianjin, you are still dreaming!"

"If you want to add guilt, there is no excuse."

"This sentence, the Ai family will return it to you intact."