Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 141 Blind Parents Startled the City

"General Habayashi, the sage is already slowly transferring the final authority to His Majesty!"

Jia Jing took the teacup that Jia Cong brought over, his deep eyes were shining brightly, and there was a smile on his always calm face.

He analyzed the rewards given to his little nephew in the palace, and said cheerfully: "It seems that Brother Cong has sunk all the Huo family in the river this time, which made Er Sheng very satisfied. If it weren't for the fact that he was too young, Habayashiro's The position of General Zhonglang may not be impossible!"

Habayashi Lang has three thousand cavalry, with one general commander of the third rank, two generals of the fourth rank, three generals of the fourth rank, and six generals of the thousand households.

If Jia Cong will reach the age of becoming an official and his Sacred Heart does not fall, it is very likely that he will directly join Habayashiro and command the strongest cavalry in the Thousand Great Xia.

That's Habayashiro, who wouldn't be envious?
No wonder after the imperial decree was issued, some people in the capital again spread the blood of a saint or His Majesty the Emperor on Jia Cong...

My son and grandson are not so spoiled!

"Actually, I want to ask His Majesty for the title of duke of the country. Unfortunately, His Majesty said that I am too young and I don't have enough credit. He said that when I grow up, he will grant the title of Duke of our country. kind!"

puff……

The old patriarch who had just taken a sip of tea spit out the tea in his mouth, and he laughed loudly regardless of the tea on the little fat man's face.

"Okay, my Jia family will be safe from now on!"

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The former Nan'an County Prince's Mansion has finally become history, and the people in the capital are all lamenting that the King's Mansion disappeared like this, gossiping about Jia Sanlang's bravery in suppressing the rebellion and cannoning the prince, and then the topic changed to Jia Sanlang's reincarnation with seven kills, The main killing, the murderous intent is too heavy, it is not good for peace and so on.

After Jia Jing saw all kinds of news collected by the spies in the mansion, he said contemptuously: "It's such a dirty trick again, why not just say that I, the son of the Jia family, was born in Hanyu, and there is a threat to be the master!"

"Brother Jing, which method do you think it is?"

Jia She also sneered and asked his cousin what to do.

Then Jia Jing laughed and said, "Brother Cong accidentally shattered the thoughts of those three families. In all likelihood, these three families did what they did. Don't worry about some rumors. Didn't Brother Cong save a lot in Fahua Temple? Are you planning to go to Beijing to prepare for the exam? Treading the snow and looking for plums, our family will hold a poetry meeting, and let Brother Cong invite these students to the meeting. With a little manipulation, with Brother Cong's means, there will be a large number of scholars someday Dispel the rumors for him!"

When Jia Cong heard about the poetry meeting, he was stunned for a while.

It's not easy to be a public copyist!
He was sitting on the rug, with pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the kang table in front of him, biting the pen and frowning as he thought about how to write the invitation.

After a long time, Jia Cong still didn't know how to write this post, and sighed: "It's so difficult, how to write this post properly?"

Daiyu had already drawn up the list, and when she saw nothing but a drop of ink dripping on the paper in front of Jia Cong, she raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "The plum blossoms in Huifang Garden in Dongfu are in full bloom. Mei, appreciating the scenery and reciting poems, literati and inkmen are all like this. Don’t worry about the words, as long as you clarify this matter, those talents will definitely be invited to the banquet.”

Ningrong Jia's family is very popular now, as long as they are not pedantic, they will definitely be invited.

In the list prepared by Daiyu, not only were her cousin Lin Bai’s friends of the same year, but she even asked people to go out and inquire about the situation in the provincial guild halls in Beijing. social circle.

Jia Cong looked at the three large sheets of paper, and felt a dull pain in his wrist.

He threw the pen in his hand and rolled on the soft bed: "Ahhh, there are so many people, how many invitations do I have to write, so many words, I'm exhausted!"

puff...

Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, "It's useless to roll around. This poetry meeting is for you. These people are your guests. Only by writing invitations yourself can you show how much you value them."

As she said that, Daiyu reached out her hand and pressed the forehead of the rolling little fat man, like coaxing a child, she said with a smile, "Hey, get up and write, and I'll make plum blossom cake for you this afternoon!"

Jia Cong felt the warmth of his forehead making his heart beat faster, and immediately stopped rolling, stared at Daiyu's pretty face for a long time, raised his hand and stretched out two fingers: "I still want to eat red bean snacks and mincemeat Rice cake!"

Daiyu smiled and pinched Jia Cong's chubby face: "Okay, what a glutton!"

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The Plum Appreciation Poetry Club of Ningrong Jia's family almost posted posts all over the major guild halls in the capital.

There were no less than 80 or [-] candidates who were invited. Although there was still half a month before the poetry meeting, Wang Xifeng had already brought a few girls along with Qin Keqing, Grandma Rong from Ningguo Mansion, to start preparations.

This is an unprecedented move by the Jia family. Since the founding of the country, the Ning Rong Jia family, which is built on martial arts, is the first time to hold such a large-scale poetry meeting and invite so many scholars...

However, although it is novel that the Jia family is going to hold a poetry meeting, it is still not as good as the Grand Court Meeting on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Originally, I said a few unimportant things as usual, and it was over after sealing the annual leave.Unexpectedly, Emperor Liu Heng announced a decree that shocked the court and the public at the court meeting.

"The country governs the world with filial piety, and now I embody the hearts of all people. Therefore, the emperor and empress dowager are invited to enter the palace on the second and sixth day of each month. Please wait and see."

This is not a big deal, Xunqin's family is grateful for the greatness of the emperor, and the civil servants just shouted long live a few times.

But then the Supreme Emperor's edict brought by Dai Quan from Longshou Palace caused an uproar in the entire Fengtian Palace.

"The emperor is extremely filial and pure benevolence, and his body is heavenly. However, when Jiaofang's family members enter the palace, it is inevitable that there will be a state system, and the mother and daughter can't be comfortable. I would like to tell all the noble relatives of Jiaofang, except for the grace of entering the palace on the [-]th. In the palace, welcome concubines and concubines to go home to visit their relatives. Order the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Rites, and Ministry of Households to merge with the Zongzheng Temple and build a separate courtyard for relatives in the homes of noble relatives."

If it is said that the relatives of concubines enter the palace to meet, it is okay to see their relatives, after all, this is a manifestation of the royal family's emphasis on filial piety.

But building a family visitation house and letting concubines go home to visit relatives, isn't this nonsense?How to set the rules for visiting relatives?How much money would it cost so many concubines to build a provincial house?What should we do with the Provincial Court that cost so much money to build?What if the concubine has an accident while visiting relatives?
There are too many issues to consider, can the etiquette department be exhausted just by formulating the rules and procedures?

In the past dynasties, except for special circumstances, there is really no dynasty that has concubines visiting relatives.

Although there was an uproar in the hall, the big shots in the cabinet all squinted their eyes and put their hands in their hands, as if they had fallen asleep.

Among the six officials, apart from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Etiquette, they still want to struggle. The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment have nothing to do with themselves.

Only when the Ministry of Industry heard that they could earn money after living, they bowed down joyfully and shouted Long Live the Second Saint.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were dumbfounded, I just wanted to take a good vacation for a year, and Ersheng gave me such a big job, just the people in the Ministry of Rites, it would be exhausting!
Of course, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rituals were not the only ones who objected to the will of visiting relatives. For example, more than half of the people in the six departments objected.

After all, to build a family-speaking garden that meets the specifications, the group of noble relatives must go to the Ministry of Households to borrow money.Many officials worry that this kind of loan that can only be withdrawn but not received will exhaust the treasury. What if there is no money in the next spring and summer flood season?
Wen Chen still has a lot of opinions on this kind of thing that only gives honor to noble relatives.

But this time, the two sages should have discussed it a long time ago. If the two decrees are suppressed, it is useless for the sixth division to grant the decree back.

After returning the imperial decree twice, the Dragon Head Palace issued another imperial edict: I am very unhappy, and the consequences will be serious!
At this moment, the opposing officials finally shut their mouths, and the cabinet drafted the imperial decree as quickly as possible, and after affixing the jade seal, it was revealed to the world.

In just half a day, the prices of wood, stone, and rare ornaments in the capital rose accordingly.

Xia Shouzhong, who was dressed in foreign clothes, wandered around the capital, happily returned to the palace, and reported everything he saw outside the palace to Emperor Liu Heng.

"My lord, as you expected, not only the price of wood, stone and other things has doubled, but the price of those rare calligraphy and paintings has quadrupled. The old slave has already asked our people to prepare, as long as The noble relatives came to buy it, and the price was higher..."

Liu Heng drank the fine wine in the glass happily, and laughed loudly: "Go and tell the old Paixiu, as long as someone goes to the household department to borrow money, don't pick and search, let go of the borrowing, and the time will let you borrow money." They spit it out one by one!"

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The family's decree was made public, and Jia Cong's first reaction was not whether to build the Grand View Garden, but to return the money owed to the household department.

Ningrong and Rongfu borrowed 10 taels of silver from the Ministry of Households, and now they want to build a garden for visiting relatives. It is impossible to build it without 30 to [-] taels.

But where did the Jia family get two or three million taels?

Just the broken things in the treasury can make up 10 taels.

Then go to the household department to borrow money?Don't be kidding, the plan to urge the payment of the owed silver must have been placed on the emperor's desk. When he came back from Tongzhou to meet with him a few days ago, the emperor had already complained to him about the lack of silver in the transfer department and wanted to urge the relatives of various families It's a matter of owed money.

In Rongxi Hall, Mother Jia's face was flushed, even though she had a headache and didn't have enough money, she still cheerfully put forward her suggestion.

"If you don't have enough money, then the household department will borrow another 10 taels. After all, it is for the sake of the empress, and the royal family must not lose face. The sages have said that the household department will assist each family in building relative gardens..."

"Absolutely not!"

Before the elders sitting in the hall could speak, Jia Cong yelled out.

Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang showed displeasure, especially Mrs. Wang, if Jia Jing and Jia Amnesty were not present, she would have almost scolded.

It was Jia Jing who asked thoughtfully: "Brother Cong, tell me the reason."

Jia Cong said bluntly: "Our family owes the Ministry of Households 10 taels of silver. If we borrow again, what will we give back in the future?"

"Is this still going to be paid?"

Mrs. Wang exclaimed: "We are building a garden for the empress, and that is for the royal family. Isn't it natural for the household department to pay the money? Why should we pay it back?"

Even Jia's mother blushed when she said this, and naturally she didn't want to return the money she got, and she delayed as long as she could, but no one was as stupid as Wang, who said it openly.

Just when she wanted to stop the second daughter-in-law from being stupid again, she heard Jia She scolded contemptuously: "Stupid woman, if this word gets out, believe it or not, Old Paixiu Wen will write a poem to make you notorious forever!"

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