The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 23
"Eight hundred miles, hurry up! The emperor will give you a gold medal, those who resist will die, and those who oppose it will perish!"

The hoarse voice resounded in the market, and the noisy market suddenly fell silent. Pedestrians and hawkers on the street rushed to the side of the road, and the street was instantly in chaos.

Eight hundred miles in a hurry, I really accidentally blocked the road, and I was killed for nothing.

Jia Jing looked serious, and waved for Laifu to tie him down, and asked them to lead a group of personal guards to guard the surroundings, and then called all the people back, and they were going back to the house after protecting them.

Jia Baoyu, who still wanted to continue going to the temple fair with his sisters and sisters, was about to make a fuss when he was taken aback by Jia Jing's cold and serious face. How dare he continue to make trouble?

Jia Baoyu followed behind, still muttering to himself, "Isn't it just a courier with an urgent [-] miles away? What's the matter with you? It's all about the jittery ones."

Just as he was talking, Jia Jing in front suddenly turned around, "It's fine for you to hang around all day, ignorant and incompetent, don't want to bring the whole Duke's mansion with you!"

"Jia...why do you say that about me! I've been fooling around all day, ignorant?"

"It's like you were so ignorant just now, if you were in Liaodong, you would have been beheaded eight times by me!"

When it came to the end, Jia Jing's tone was already full of murderous intent, as if Jia Baoyu would really draw his sword if he messed around again.Jia Baoyu was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak.

Then, Jia Jing stopped looking at him, but turned around and arranged for everyone to move on, and hurried back to the house.

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Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"boom!"

The exquisite and luxurious teacup was slammed onto the ground, turning into countless fragments, which splashed out together with the boiling hot tea.

"At the foot of the Son of Heaven, the most benevolent place! Such an unbearable thing happened! Those officials are nothing but worms! Everyone should be killed!"

Seeing Emperor Hongde furious there, Qiu Shi'an, the eunuch of the Prime Minister's Inner Court who was serving on the side, seemed to have never seen him, watching his nose, nose, mouth, mouth and heart, and remained motionless.

After a while, Emperor Hongde regained his composure, and ordered: "Qiu Shi'an, send someone to ring the Jingyang Bell. Within a quarter of an hour, I want to see all the civil and military ministers!"

"If it's not within the time limit, cut it off!"

Qiu Shi'an on the side hurried forward to take orders.

"When...when...when..."

In just a short while, the rapid and continuous bells rang throughout the city of Shenjing.

This was the sound of the Jingyang Bell, and the Jingyang Bell, which was only rung during court meetings, was sounded so quickly, which meant that the emperor was urgently summoning his officials.

The sudden ringing of the bell made the honorable generals and civil servants in the whole city of Shenjing tense for an instant. After they realized it, they shouted for their men to prepare their horses, while they trotted all the way to change their armor and court clothes.

According to the ancestral system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when the emperor rings the Jingyang bell to summon his ministers, all officials in Beijing, no matter honorable or civil servants, must arrive outside the palace gate to listen to the announcement within one hour and three quarters.
At this time, Jia Jing and his party who had just rushed back to Jia's mansion naturally heard the rapid bell from the palace, but they had already made preparations for this, and went back immediately to change into court clothes.

When going out, Jia Amnesty Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen from the Ningguo Mansion next door also changed into armor or court clothes and were already waiting at the door.

Therefore, the Jia family and their entourage got on their horses at the door one after another, each with two subordinates, and went straight to the palace.

On the way, Jia She asked, "Brother Jing, do you know what happened to let the Jingyang bell ring in the palace to summon the ministers?"

Hearing Jia Amnesty's question, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen who were nearby also pricked up their ears.

"I still really know something about this," Jia Jing's words made the eyes of the three people beside him brighten.

Afterwards, Jia Jing told what he had just seen at the market, which stunned the three people beside him for a while.

"Hongling Messenger, eight hundred li urgent..."

"Could it be an urgent report from the border?"

"It's hard to say, but it's almost the same!"

The Jia family left Ningrong Street and headed straight for the palace. Along the way, the number of companions gradually increased, and officials poured out from time to time to join the flow of people heading for the palace.

At the gate of the imperial palace, a lot of civil and military officials had gathered at this time, roughly divided into two groups, the civil official group and the honorable military generals were separated. At this time, everyone was waiting for the opening of the palace gate.

Handing the reins to Lai Fu who came with him, Jia Jing, Jia She and the other three came to the gate of the palace.

Immediately, Jia Jing saw that Jia Zheng walked straight into the group of civil servants, and kept bowing to them.Seeing this, Jia Jing frowned, you, a member of a noble family, are you so willing to humble yourself to flatter the stinky feet of those civil servants?

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen are also unhappy, it's fine if you, Jia Zheng, want to humiliate yourself, but those civil servants, who don't interact with you because of the name of your Duke's mansion, are all trying to take advantage of you The status of the Duke's Mansion increases one's worth!
Jia She and Jia Zhen were furious, but at this juncture, it was hard to say anything, so they had to go with Jia Jing to the crowd of noble military officers.

And the gazes in the eyes of the nobles around made Jia She and Jia Zhen's hearts burn even more.

Next to him, Jia Jing, who had expected it for a long time, turned around to say hello to several honorable families that he had befriended when he was in the army, and whispered the news he had seen before, so that everyone could also prepare.

On the other hand, Jia Zheng, who was in the civil servant group, shared the news from Jia Jing with many civil servants in order to show his presence, which made Jia Jing who heard it next to him feel even more unhappy.

"General Jia, brother Ling, is your butt sitting too crooked?"

Beside Jia Amnesty, a rough voice sounded, the person who came was Niu Jizong who had taken over the Duke of Zhen Guo, that is, Jia Jing's former boss, the father of Niu Junshan, the deputy general of the Zhenbei Army.

Looking at Jia Zheng, who was talking and laughing with others among the civil servants, Niu Jizong seemed to be watching a traitor at this moment.

"Oh, Uncle Niu must be aware of our family's situation. I, the head of the Rongguo Mansion, really feel powerless!"

Hearing this, Niu Jizong nodded understandingly. It is not easy for the two Dukes of the Jia family, and there are all kinds of talents!In the noble world of Shenjing City, it has already become a joke.

It's just that they don't know it.

The gate of the palace was buzzing, at this moment, the gate of the palace opened from the inside, and several eunuchs came out in a hurry, and the leader was Qiu Shian, the eunuch who inspected the prime minister's inner court.

Qiu Shi'an came to the ministers, shook the dust with his hands, and said to the civil and military officials who rushed over: "Your Majesty's will, the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Xiuchen, and the other four cabinet scholars, Niu Jizong, Chen Ruiwen, Ma Shangde , Wang Ziteng and officials of the fourth rank and above from the Ministry of War enter the palace to discuss matters, and the rest of them should leave!"

"Wait a minute, everyone," another gray-haired old eunuch came out of the palace, but it was Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the Longshou Palace.

"Which one is Jia Jing, General Jia?" Dai Quan looked at the civil and military officials in front of him and asked.

Hearing this, Jia Jing, who was about to leave, stopped her footsteps, "Jia Jing, my subordinate, I can't be called father-in-law general!"

Looking at Jia Jing in civil official uniform, Dai Quan was a little stunned for a moment, but soon realized, "The Supreme Emperor ordered General Jia to go in together!"

"A good military general, why did he go to the Ministry of Industry? No wonder the Supreme Emperor has been saying recently, are these ministers in the Ministry of Officials just idle, or why did they write such confusing transfer orders!"

As he spoke, Dai Quan purposely glanced sideways at Yang Xiuchen who was beside him.

Yang Xiuchen was standing at the head of many civil servants at this time, with a calm face, as if he had never heard of Dai Quan's words.

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