The Red Mansions

Chapter 1050 Jia Heng: One person's Jie Yin, Chen Han's mournful cry! (Ask for a monthly p

Chapter 1050 Jia Heng: One person's victory sound, Chen Han's mournful cry! (Ask for a monthly pass!)

Shenjing, Daming Palace, Hanyuan Hall

Today is the court meeting, and all the ministers in the palace are crowded together.

Emperor Chongping was sitting on the throne, and was discussing with the military ministers and cabinet ministers. He cast his eyes on Shi Jie in the military department, and asked, "Is there any latest military report from Xining?"

Facts have proved that walking on two legs is right. With the strength of the Beijing camp, led by Nan'an and others, it is not difficult to win a big victory in a place like Northwest.

"Returning to the Holy Lord, the king of Nan'an County has come to report that Huangyuan, Haiyan and other counties have been taken back in the northwest." At this time, Shi Jieban, the minister of the Ministry of War, said.

Li Zan, the former Second Assistant to the Cabinet and Minister of War, went to Peiping again not long ago to supervise the army You Yan.

"Then wait a little longer." Emperor Chongping nodded and said, "Qinghai Mongolia, Nan'an is like a broken bamboo, regaining the lost ground, and Shi Liu also played the prestige of the children of the founding martial arts. Ke Jing has done all the work, after the class teacher returns to Beijing, he will be rewarded for his achievements."

Han Huang, the cabinet scholar below, happily accepted the order, his eyes slightly lowered, and a thought came to his mind.

In addition to Duke Wei, the Han Dynasty still has generals from the Zhuguo State who can be relied on. I don't have to worry about the situation where one family dominates the army.

Thinking of it this way, the hidden worries in my heart disappeared, and I couldn't help but think of the emperor's intention again.

The emperor used Wei Guogong to go to the south of the Yangtze River to implement the New Deal, which caused resentment, and then let the king of Nan'an County go to the northwest to fight for meritorious service.

At this time, Emperor Chongping glanced at the officials in the palace and asked: "Duke Wei is implementing a new policy in the south of the Yangtze River, such as a whip method and the distribution of ding into the mu. The national policy was first put forward by the Duke of Wei, and now the Duke of Wei has first cleared Zhang Jia's family and Xue Shiwang's fields in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is really rare to lead by example."

It can be said that he used the right people for the New Deal in Jiangnan and the border troubles in the northwest. If Ziyu was allowed to go to the northwest, it would be overqualified and underused.

Otherwise, sending the king of Nan'an County to the south of the Yangtze River will definitely not make sense of the intricate New Deal.

The ministers below heard what Emperor Chongping said. At this time, Cen Weishan, the Minister of Punishment, smiled and cupped his hands and said: "The Duke of Wei is noble and upright, and is not obsessed with money. I admire him."

The officials in the palace responded one after another, seeming to praise Jia Heng's character.

Emperor Chongping said: "The cabinet drafted a decree to add the Duke of Wei as the Taibao to comfort him for the hardships of implementing the New Deal in the south of the Yangtze River. He and the governor's office of Liangjiang accelerated the pace of trial implementation of the New Deal."

Han Huang, the chief assistant of the cabinet below, hesitated for a while when he heard the words, and was about to leave the class holding a wat board.

But he didn't want to walk out of a person beside him, it was Xu Lu, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the Duke of Wei has just arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has not had time to make meritorious deeds in the future. Isn't it ridiculed by the world for rewarding you for so little merit?" ?”

When Emperor Chongping heard this, he frowned and asked, "Xu Qing, how can you be rewarded without merit? This time the New Deal was implemented in Jiangnan, and Duke Wei Guo worked hard, which is also meritorious."

"Your Majesty, he has been greatly favored by the emperor, so he should be a courtier. Now that the New Deal has not yet prevailed in the south of the Yangtze River, how can the Holy Majesty be promoted to the Taibao and reward him? When the New Deal is implemented, He Jue will reward him. ?" Xu Lu cupped his hands and insisted.

Rewarding the honorary titles of the three princes for no merit is a serious violation of the national system, and the emperor rewards them with the great victory in the Northwest, which is even more suspected of lustful rewards.

Cen Weishan, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, was stunned for a moment, but he also came to his senses, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I think this is inappropriate, please think again."

Now that the big man has left the little boy, there are still people leading the troops to fight, which shows that the little boy is not indispensable to him.

Han Huang cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, with the power of Duke Wei, it won't be long before Jiangnan's New Deal can be achieved, and it will take on a new look."

Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment and said: "Then according to what the ministers said, after the Jiangsu New Deal is completed, we will reward Duke Wei and Gao Qing for their merits."

That's it for this matter.

However, the king of Nan'an led his troops to the northwest, and the news of the complete victory spread like a gust of wind throughout Shenjing Ningguo Mansion.

Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall

Jiamu was squinting and sitting on the Arhat bed. Behind her were mandarin ducks holding their shoulders, and maids such as Amber and Jade helped Jiamu beat her legs with beauty fists.

"After this girl Feng left, there was no laughter in the room." Mother Jia sighed.

To be honest, I have some regrets.

Since a group of gold hairpins went south, especially after Sister Feng went south, Rongqing Hall suddenly became deserted. Although Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang accompanied Jia Mu to relieve her boredom, Mrs. Wang was usually serious and Aunt Xue was alone. Praise, without teasing, you can't sing cross talk.

Aunt Xue smiled, and said: "Old lady, Feng girl hasn't returned to Jinling Guining for many years, after this time, she will be able to come back."

Mrs. Wang also said with a smile on her fair face.

Jia Mu said: "Wait a minute, let's go to Dongfu to see Brother Heng's daughter-in-law. She has been pregnant for several months."

At this moment, a nun from outside came in and reported: "Old lady, Concubine Nan'an and Mrs. Sun from the Liu family of Duke Li and their daughter-in-law, and Mrs. Guo from the Shi's family of the Duke of Xiu and their daughter-in-law are here." Son, come here to visit the old lady."

When Jia Mu heard this, doubts appeared on her old face, and she asked in surprise, "What are they doing here at this time?"

In the past few days, Mother Jia didn't pay much attention to the news in the capital, and the news in the back house was a little bit closed.

"Baoyu's mother, you go to meet me for me," said Jia's mother.

Because Jia Heng did not lead troops to northern Xinjiang, Jia Mu did not have to worry about Princess Nan'an and others coming to scare people with unlucky words. In addition, Jia Mu was indeed a little bored.

Mrs. Wang responded, and accompanied by Yuchuan, Caixia and other maidservants, she went out of the hall to meet Princess Nan'an and the others.

Not long after, Grand Concubine Nan'an, Liu Fang's mother, Sun Shi, and Shi Guangzhu's mother, Mrs. Guo, entered the Rongqing Hall with smiles on their faces.

"Old sister, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you feeling better?" Concubine Nan'an greeted Jia Mu with a smile.

Jia Mu smiled and said, "It's been much better during this time."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to greet Lin Zhixiao's family, prepared embroidered pier for all the old ladies to sit down, and the maids prepared refreshments.

Concubine Nan'an smiled and said: "I just came to see you. I didn't say last time that I was worried about the war. It's not that I don't eat and sleep well these days."

Sun Shi, Liu Fang's mother, said: "Yes, I don't think about it either."

Mother Jia asked, "Nephew Nan'an went to the northwest to fight, how is it now?"

Concubine Nan'an waited for Jiamu's words, smiled and said: "Ye'er is also fighting for his strength. He led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to conquer Qinghai. Not only did he win two battles in a row, my heart is also broken." Put it back in your stomach."

Mother Jia: "..."

Understand, this time I didn’t come here to scare her, but I came here to show off.

Mother Jia also didn't respond, she smiled and said: "That's really a good thing, this is a big victory."

Sun Shi, Liu Fang's mother, said: "Our family Fang'er is still a pioneer this time. I heard that he killed three hundred Mongolian Tartars and took the lead. Alas, I can't worry."

Guo Shi, Shi Guangzhu's mother, said: "He and Guangzhu are pioneers this time, and we can take care of each other."

Jiamu smiled and narrated to the others, her eyes flickered, and she felt a little strange in her heart.

"You don't know, Brother Heng wanted to invite Ying to go to the northwest." Concubine Nan'an smiled, and said: "Brother Heng originally had good intentions, after all, Ye'er also went to Shangji, so I was worried that something might go wrong. But Ye'er is also used to fighting, and won a few battles not long after he went to the Northwest."

Aunt Xue's fair complexion jumped as she listened to what the others were talking about, and there was something strange in her eyes.

Secretly, is this here to show off?

Well, these families have often come to the door to make people look embarrassed in the past, but this time they are proud of themselves?

Jia Mu listened with a smile on her face, but her heart felt a little bitter, she changed the subject and said, "Brother Heng, he also has a job in the palace in the south?"

As soon as Jia Heng was mentioned, Concubine Nan'an seemed to catch the conversation, and said: "I heard that Brother Heng is now in the south to make this new policy, and he must first check with the Jia family and historians in Jinling. The land is clear and the Zhang is clear, and the money is paid to the government according to the land, the old man is not talking about Brother Heng, and this cannot be denied for the sake of state affairs."

Jia Mu said: "The salary of eating the king naturally puts state affairs first."

Concubine Nan'an: "..."

Mrs. Wang frowned, and couldn't help asking: "Old concubine, what did the south say about clearing Zhang Tianmu?"

Concubine Nan'an pretended to be surprised, and asked, "Don't you know? The tax is paid according to the acre of land, and those with more acre of land pay more. Our family has many farms in the south, and the whole family relies on the inheritance left by our ancestors." Land and house expenses, you said that Brother Heng will not deal with those officials, but stare at us noble three melons."

As she said that, seeing Mrs. Wang's thoughtful face, Grand Concubine Nan'an sighed and said, "Brother Heng is even investigating Xue's and Wang's families."

As soon as these words came out, Aunt Xue was slightly startled, and she and Mrs. Wang looked at each other.

The Xue family doesn't have many fields and houses in Jinling, but there are also some farms handed down from their ancestors. After this is cleared up, is it necessary to pay the land tax?

Why is Brother Heng so harsh on his own people?

Mrs. Wang's fair face was full of worry, and she asked, "Old lady."

The smile on Jiamu's face faded a bit, and she said: "Brother Heng probably has his own ideas about these matters outside the court, mother Baoyu, if you are worried, you can write a letter to your brother. Ask him for his opinion."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she clenched the Buddhist beads in her hand a little bit, her eyes lowered, and she was speechless for a while.

Concubine Nan'an saw this scene, and looked at Jia Mu who was smiling again on the old face, feeling frustrated.

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Jinling, Ningguofu

In the evening, Jinling City was surrounded by hazy mist and rain, the sky was dark and unclear, and the lights in the courtyard were flickering, reflecting two figures on the bookcase.

The trickling rain outside the window drips from the eaves into the water tank, spreading far away in the quiet night.

And Jia Heng had just received a navy general from Jiangnan Daying and returned.

In fact, Jia Heng didn't go to see Zhen Qing these days, but mainly went to the Jiangnan camp to meet the generals and inspect the defense.

At the beginning, Duoduo led the Korean navy to plunder the south of the Yangtze River, and Jia Heng led the Jiangnan camp several times. After winning the big victory, he had penetrated to a considerable extent into the personnel of the six guards and horses of the Jiangnan camp.

Except for the commander of the six guards, it is difficult to recommend high-level generals and schools, so they can only follow the trend, such as guerrillas and generals who have been promoted a lot.

In the Jiangnan Navy formed by Zhenhaiwei as the backbone, there are a large number of naval generals from the Chongming Sand Naval Academy, and many of them were promoted by Jia Heng with his first-class military exploits in water warfare.Chen Xiao frowned, and said in a clear voice: "Flying pigeons from Shenjing pass on the letter, Nan'an County Wang Yanye is invincible in the northwest, conquering Huangyuan and Haiyan counties successively."

As he spoke, he handed over the paper.

Jia Heng finished reading, his eyes flickered, and his face became serious.

Chen Xiao asked, "What do you think?"

"This is the enemy's trick to lure the enemy." Jia Heng looked worriedly at Chen Xiao, who was beside him, and said, "The army of the king of Nan'an went deep into Qinghai, which is the base camp of Heshuote Mongolia. Once they complete the encirclement of the enemy , the King of Nan'an has nothing to do with it, and he will definitely be defeated."

Chen Xiaodao: "I feel the same way. Although there are many soldiers and horses in the imperial court, in a battle, Qinghai Mongolia retreats one after another and doesn't even guard the city seriously. It's quite strange."

Jia Heng said: "Nan'an and others may think that Heshuote Mongolia is not good at defending the city. Yue Tuo is in Heshuote Mongolia at this moment. This man is very resourceful and must have done his best."

Chen Xiaoyu's face was as frosty as clear frost, and she said in a low voice: "If it's a trick to lure soldiers, then Nan'an and the others... will be in danger."

Jia Heng walked to the map, pointed in the direction of Huangyuan County, and said in a deep voice: "If you are defeated, it will not be easy to go back. Where are the troops and horses led by Nan'an this time?"

Chen Xiaodao: "The paper didn't say anything, wait for the urgent delivery of the military situation six hundred miles away from the capital."

The composition of military forces cannot usually be described clearly in just a few words, and the Jinyi Mansion did not know that Jia Heng paid special attention to this.

"Most of them are the soldiers and horses mobilized from the Beijing Camp and Lanzhou. There may be some Xining border troops, but not many. The Jingying Xiaorui fought against the Heshuote Mongolia, and they probably won a lot." Jia Heng sighed and whispered Said.

After all, he personally trained the soldiers and horses, and he knew the fighting power of the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp. Although they were not at the level of veterans who had fought hundreds of battles when the country was founded, they gradually recovered to the level of Emperor Taizong and Longzhi.

Chen Xiaoying raised her eyebrows with worry, her pupils shrank sharply, and said in a low voice: "Are you saying that the whole army will be wiped out?"

Jia Heng frowned and sighed, "I'm afraid of that."

The battle that can lead to a marriage in the original work and unveil the changes in the turbulent times is probably the Battle of Qinghai. After this battle, Tanchun gets married, and the Jia family, as the epitome of the Central Plains dynasty, is really about to collapse, and its vitality is seriously damaged. .

Fortunately, he had won a battle in the north before, even though Nan'an defeated Chen Han this time, at most it would hurt his muscles and bones, but it would not shake the country.

However, nearly [-] to [-] troops died in the northwest, which can be described as a disastrous defeat since Emperor Chongping came to the throne. After this defeat, all the soldiers and horses of Chen Hanjing's battalion fell into the hands of Jia Heng!

It can be said that the current scene, just after Cao Zhen's defeat, proved the irreplaceability of Sima Yi.

Therefore, this defeat was as significant as his return from Ping'an Prefecture holding the captives, or even more important than his victory!

The great victory in Ping'an Prefecture was celebrated by the whole country, and the monarch and ministers congratulated it together, but objectively speaking, the defeat in Nan'an was his own victory, Chen Han's mournful cry!

A person's Jieyin, summed up in a sentence from later generations, is that there are two sides to one body in military affairs, which strongly proves from the pros and cons of victory and defeat that it was Chen Han who firmly chose him!

This is history and the choice of the people.

The price was the corruption of the situation in the northwest. He had worked hard to bring about this situation before, but the emperor had made up his mind. Such an independent emperor cannot be reversed by you.

It happened to be a wrong decision.

This is a clearer decision-making error than hearing the false good news in Henan, because Niu Jizong lied to the bandits and deceived the court, and the losses caused were not worse because of the delayed response of the emperor.

In other words, the emperor lost face because he made a mistake.

But this time it was different, it was a complete mistake in decision-making, it was the emperor's improper selection and employment, which hurt very much.

At that time, Nan'an and the founding martial arts generals will be incompetent, and the three armies will be exhausted. It is true that they will be blamed, but this blame is too heavy. Nearly [-] troops have been wiped out, and Nan'an will not be able to bear it.

Besides, how could Emperor Chongping, who was going to be strong all his life, pass the test in his heart?

I just won a battle, because I was floating, and then I got a sap...

Jia Heng's eyes were dark and he felt helpless.

Chen Xiao sighed and whispered: "After this battle with the [-]-strong Beijing camp, the number of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp is only about [-] or [-]. It will not be easy to fight another battle in the short term."

Jia Heng nodded and said: "At that time, we can only let it go first, maintain the northwest defensive position, wipe out the Jiangnan New Deal and the pirates, and then make further calculations."

It is impossible to immediately send troops to recover the field after a big defeat, not to mention the problem of low morale of the army, even the consumption of food and fodder cannot be supplied.

Jia Heng said: "Let's ignore these things, let's deal with the new policies in Jiangsu. Maybe the king of Nan'an County broke Qinghai and regained the Western Regions."

It's not too good to always count on Nan'an to be defeated.

After saying that, he took Chen Xiao's delicate hand, made him sit in his arms, and whispered: "How is the investigation of the case in Changzhou Prefecture?"

Chen Xiao tried to break away from Jia Heng's hand, but she couldn't break free, so she could only let the young man go, and said in a clear voice: This time, Wan Gaoyang, the co-prefect of Changzhou Prefecture, secretly tipped off the squires in Wujin County. Hao Jiru, the Grand Tutor of the Longzhi Dynasty, and Yan Mao, Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry. "

Jia Heng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Hao Jiru, the second cabinet assistant of the Longzhi dynasty?"

Chen Xiao nodded and said: "The last time the Huai'an government raised food prices, the Hao family was involved. The other families were not involved in the Changzhou case. Maybe they are hiding deeper, which is unknown."

Jia Heng thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Let the guards of Jinyi Fu go to the residence of the two men to find Taifu Hao Jiru and Minister of Industry Yan Mao to ask questions."

Chen Xiaoxiu frowned slightly, and reminded: "Yan Mao is easy to say, Hao Jiru is a famous minister of Longzhi, so maybe you need to go there in person."

"Then I'll go there in person tomorrow." Jia Heng said, touching the beauty's lips.

Xiaoxiao has been busy with him these few days, and has been running around a lot, so let's reward her.

Chen Xiaoyu's face was slightly red, she pursed her pink lips, her eyes were as bright as water, and said in a low voice, "Aren't you tired?"

"Dear Xiaoxiao, I will never get tired." Jia Heng whispered.

Chen Xiao: "..."

Changing the subject, he said, "Over there at Jiangbei Daying, do you still let Shuiyu lead?"

The Jiangnan Camp has [-] soldiers and horses, and the Jiangnan Camp has [-] soldiers and horses, which is also a large force.

Jia Heng said: "It's not easy to change, in fact, he hasn't been in command much recently."

At this moment, Princess Xianning entered the study, looked at the two people who were together, and said with a chuckle: "Sir, don't get tired of being tired of Sister Xiaoxiao. It's time to have dinner."

Jia Heng looked at the young girl with a fine figure, approached, and said, "Xianning, how many other houses are there?"

In the past few days, Xianning or Jinyang has been secretly doing the work of these royal relatives. Xianning went to meet several royal relatives, such as the Xu family, the Guo family, and the Zhang family. These were all from the Taizong and Longzhi dynasties. Relatives of the emperor or vassals.

Especially in the Longzhi Dynasty, Emperor Longzhi reigned for a long time, and there were many sons and daughters born to his concubines, some of whom married in Jiangnan. After Emperor Chongping came to the throne, the son-in-law of Yongchang and Kuaiji all moved away from the political center one after another. There are also some sons-in-law living in Jinling, Jiangxi, and Jiangsu, buying property and farming.

Princess Xianning sighed, and said: "Some days are not good. After hearing about Zhang Tianmu, I thought that the imperial court would take this opportunity to set up a big prison and plunder the people's wealth. I fully agreed. Sir, this matter may not work."

Chen Xiaodao: "Don't be hasty in this matter, especially the royal relatives. If you do this, you will easily offend others. If there is another bloody incident, you will be criticized by others, and the road ahead will be difficult."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "What Xiaoxiao said is that no more bloodshed will occur."

The coercive methods he adopts as a whole are also taking advantage of his weaknesses, such as threatening children but still have to have lures.

Jia Heng put down his brush, paced back and forth for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I recently plan to trial the share capital system for the Royal Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and use a proportion of the quota to draw funds, which can be used as savings for the bank and give them higher interest. In addition, An ocean-going company will be established. If you are willing to expand overseas, you can recruit sailors to expand overseas. If you are unwilling to take risks, you can also let these royal relatives and even nobles become shareholders."

Of course, it is not to support these people, but to form a community of interests. The Ocean Company is actually the East India Company, and places such as Australia can be developed.

Once the world changes, at least Chen Hanhuang's relatives will not play the slogan of Qingjun's side and punishing treacherous evil.

If Nan'an is defeated, he is actually not sure whether it will have some bad effects on the emperor's mind.

Chen Xiao said: "Royal Silver? Ocean Company?"

Jia Heng said softly: "Yes, Uncle Lin will go south from Shenjing in the past two days to prepare for the establishment of the Customs General Taxation Department in Jinling. He has already arrived in Xuzhou, and he will arrive in a few days."

Because Lin Ruhai wanted to stay in the capital and keep an eye on the minting of silver coins by the Ministry of Household Affairs, he stayed in the capital. Once the matter was settled, he would come over to handle the affairs of the General Taxation Department of the Customs.

"Besides, make an appointment for me to meet Annan Hou Yezhen, and tell him that I have a good business for him to discuss." Jia Heng said.

"What does Ocean Company do?" Chen Xiao responded and asked again.

"Free trade at sea." Jia Heng said: "If this company wants to sail far away, it cannot do without the general. He has some people under his command who can also be placed in the Jiangnan Naval Base."

He wants to use this ocean-going company to open up overseas territories. First, he will use Wanwan as a base to expand outwards, which is also to prepare for his future.

Not to mention other things, he also needs to leave a way out for himself, and so many children go to sea to establish a state, and after thousands of years, the meat will be rotten.

This can be regarded as making a big cake to a certain extent.

Chen Xiaoqing's eyes flickered, and she said in a low voice, "That's fine too."

Jia Heng said: "Let's go, let's go eat first, and then go to the eldest princess's house later."

These days, he was busy inspecting the navy general school, so he didn't spend much time with Jinyang.

As he said that, he came to the hall with Princess Xianning and Chen Xiao. At this moment, the hall was brightly lit, with beautiful pearls and beautiful eyes.

Sister Feng and Ping'er are entertaining Chaidai, Yunqin, Sanchun, Wenqi, Xiuyan, Li Wan, Cao Shi and others.

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Brother Heng, Her Royal Highness is here, and I'll be waiting for you."

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