The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 796 Kangshun 45 Years
Time flies, the years are long, and decades have passed in an instant, and now it has been 45 years in Kangshun.

During the decades when Jia Ke was in power, the world was peaceful and the barbarians surrendered, which can be said to be a rare moment of relaxation for the common people.

With Jia Ke's reform of official administration and the development of sea trade, the tax revenue of the court has also increased. Now after all the expenses of the court are used up every year, a balance of 4000 to [-] million taels can be left. It never happened.

In the previous dynasties, it was considered a prosperous age if the annual tax revenue could cover all the expenses in the second year. How could tens of millions of taels of silver be saved for later use.

In the palace, the Empress Dowager Jia Mu had already passed away 30 years ago and was buried in the imperial mausoleum in the western suburbs.

A few years after Jia's mother passed away, Jia Zheng also died of illness, and finally entered the imperial mausoleum in the western suburbs as the emperor, as the ancestor of their branch.

After Jia Zheng passed away, the Queen Mother's life became even more difficult. She had always been at odds with Jia Ke, and Jia Zheng was there to support her, but now Jia Zheng is no longer there. , but was constrained everywhere, and soon died of depression.

And to say that the most blessed person in the harem is Jia Ke's birth mother, the Holy Mother, the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Although the empress dowager came from a low family background, who made her give birth to a good son, she has been in a happy mood since Jia Ke ascended the throne, and she has been in good health for so many years, and she is nearly 80 years old now.

At such an age, it can be said that he is an old birthday star in the palace, so now in the palace, all the good things are closely related to the empress dowager.

As a result, the Empress Dowager Zhou still didn't last long, and she passed away before Jia Ke the year before last. Since then, Jia Ke has suffered from a serious illness and did not fully recover until three months later.

If these are small things, then the most important thing in the court now is Jia Ke's successor.

For so many years, I don't know what happened to Jia Ke, but there has been no crown prince.

So the sons of Jia Ke below, who thought they had some identities, peeped at this precious seat and tried their best to show it in front of Jia Ke.

But Jia Ke looked at these sons like watching a play, fighting openly and secretly. As long as they didn't make too much noise, Jia Ke never interfered.

And the ministers below also saw Jia Ke's thoughts, Jia Ke was like raising a gu, and wanted to choose the most desirable one among his sons.

Therefore, many ministers with far-sightedness did not get involved in the real fights of these princes, because they knew that Jia Ke hadn't made up his mind yet, and they were relying on these princes for the future, and if they failed, their wealth and lives would be lost.

Besides, among these sons of Jia Ke, the most active ones are the son of Imperial Concubine Xue Baochai's son Qi Wang Jiahui, the son of Imperial Concubine Shi Xiangyun's son Zhao Wang Jiaming, and the son of Liang Concubine Qiaolian's son Wu Wang Jiamao.

These three princes fought openly and secretly for the position of the crown prince. Apart from directly fighting, they used all kinds of tricks and tricks.

Not to mention, their mother's family behind them also started to contribute, and these three families are now fighting fiercely in the court.

Fortunately, Jia Ke controlled it properly and did not give too much power to the three families, so if they wanted to fight, it was only a small fight, which did not affect the court situation.

In King Jing's mansion, Jia Amnesty has passed away. Although Jia Lian is now King Jing, everything in the mansion is under the control of Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng's son is also the son of King Jin. After Jia Lian's death, he will be able to It is justifiable to be in charge of Prince Jing's mansion.

But Jia Lian was naturally not reconciled to this kind of thing, after all he knew that this son was not his own.

Therefore, Shangjia Lian made troubles several times, wanting to pass on the position of son to his own and second sister You's own children.

But this matter is not up to him. Jia Ke was furious because of this matter. It was once at the top of the court that he scolded Prince Jing for using his concubine to oppress his wife.

Because of Jia Ke's resolute attitude, he immediately frightened Jia Lian. From then on, he never dared to mention the matter of changing the son. He didn't embarrass Jia Lian too much, and directly named a county king to Jia Lian's own son, which was considered to save face for him.

But Jia Baoyu in Prince Fu's mansion was a coward. Ever since she married that Fan Chunxia, ​​she has no status in the mansion. All the affairs in the mansion are handled by this Princess Fan, but Jia Baoyu His temperament is a piece of dough, and he didn't care too much about Princess Fan's handling of the affairs of the mansion. Instead, he put his mind on poetry and prose, and made friends with some romantic talents among the people. loud.

And Jia Lan in Rongwang's mansion has not given up studying since he inherited his father's title of King Rong, so his reputation among scholars is no worse than Jia Baoyu's.

Only Jia Huan lived honestly in his Prince Kang's mansion, and he didn't cause any romantic affairs, but he was also prosperous and rich all his life, with a lot of children and grandchildren.

On this day, Jia Ke had just celebrated his 65th birthday, returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, closed his eyes, and fell asleep unconsciously.

In the haze, Jia Ke felt that there was a voice between heaven and earth calling him.

Jia Ke was confused and didn't know, so he followed the call of the voice, like flying in the vast sky, and came to a void in a short while.

There is no matter up, down, left, or right in this void, but for some reason, Jia Ke felt a wave of will surround him.

There was no sound coming from all around, and Jia Ke felt that the sound told him that his birthday was coming soon, so he had to prepare quickly.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sudden pulling force and anger, which directly pulled Jia Ke back to his body from the void, and Jia Ke felt profusely sweating when he woke up.

Although it was a dream, Jia Ke felt that what happened just now was too clear. She was thinking about how all these years, she didn't know whether it was luck or something. No injuries.

Now that Jia Ke thought about it, it was probably some god who gave him a dream, telling him that time was running out and he should make plans earlier.

Thinking of this, Jia Ke felt irritated for a while. Jia Ke was not afraid of death, because Jia Ke had died once in the previous life, and had traveled through the six reincarnations.

Now that he knew what would happen after death, he naturally no longer feared death. What annoyed Jia Ke now was that there was not much time left for him, and he hadn't removed the obstacles for the successor.

Just like that, Jia Ke woke up in the middle of the night, sat on the bed and thought about it until dawn, and finally had to make a decision. It seemed that he had to be ruthless. It's going to be a mess.

So on the second day, Dachao suddenly announced that King Jia Mu of Jin won my heart and changed his title to King Yan.

When this bomb was thrown out, the court was immediately blown to pieces.

You must know that the king of Yan is not easy to seal. The current court is called the Great Yan Dynasty, and Jia Ke was originally the king of Yan before he ascended the throne. Now that the prince is named King Yan, then Jia Ke's meaning is very clear. , the prince is only one step away from becoming the crown prince.

And Jia Ke's imperial decree directly knocked the three princes who were fighting to the death into a daze. They thought that the crown prince would be born among the three of them in the end, but they didn't expect that they would fight to the death, and the final position would fall to someone else hands.

So these three people began to communicate with each other secretly, wanting to get rid of the biggest threat first, and then they are fighting for the crown prince.

And Jia Ke knew that he didn't have much time, so he didn't hold back when the three sons started to contact each other.

Then he issued a few imperial decrees.

The first imperial decree was for King Jia Mao of Wu. The imperial decree said: King Jia Mao of Wu was very disrespectful in front of me.

The second imperial decree was for King Qi Jiahui, who was demoted to Huangling to guard his ancestor's spirit for three years because of his embezzlement and defeat of the people.

The third imperial decree was for Jia Ming, king of Zhao, because Jia Ke dreamed many times of his ancestor Jia Daishan's dream, saying that the mausoleum was uneasy, so he ordered King Zhao to go to Jinling to check whether the tomb of his ancestor was tidy.

With these three orders, the three most powerful princes who competed for the crown prince were either demoted or released.

This time, in the court, there was no one who could threaten Yan Wang Jiamu.

And from then on, Jia Ke took him to his side and called him to handle government affairs at any time.

Sometimes they even hand over government affairs to him directly to see his ability to handle affairs.

And Jia Mu did not live up to Jia Ke's hope. Although he has not participated in the battle for the heir apparent these years, he is actually a man of great wisdom and foolishness. Now, once he gains Jia Ke's trust, he immediately shows his talent.

He handled all the government affairs Jia Ke handed over to Jia Mu in an orderly manner.

To be honest, Jia Mu is much better than Jia Ke in dealing with government affairs.

After all, Jia Ke came from modern times, and he has stubborn modern thoughts in his mind, so it is inevitable that some things are incompatible with ancient times when dealing with government affairs.

Jia Mu is different. He was born in this ancient time. Although he has been taught by Jia Ke, he still has the thinking of an ancient person in his bones. Therefore, he is more thoughtful in handling government affairs, and he is closer to the thinking of ancient people. Like a duck to water.

After Jia Ke observed for a period of time, he had to admit that Jia Mu was a bit stronger. If he didn't have a golden finger, compared to his own son, he couldn't keep up with the flattery.

Now Jia Ke can feel at ease. In the past, Jia Ke just doted on Jia Mu, and did not expect him to have such a talent. Now Jia Ke thinks that his vision is really good. In the future, he will give the world to him. I can rest assured.

And with the passage of time, civil and military officials also began to accept Jia Mu slowly, and everyone has now tacitly believed that this King Yan is the candidate for the future emperor.

Therefore, it can be said that King Yan's Mansion is full of people now, and almost all the court ministers have to go to see him every now and then, so that he can show his face in front of the future emperor.

And Jia Ke also understands this kind of thing. If it was before, Jia Ke would have dealt with these people long ago, but now that he has decided to pass on the position, he doesn't care about this matter, and even adds fuel to the flames, helping Jia Ke. Mu expanded his power in the imperial court.

(End of this chapter)