serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 217 The Emperor Wants a Military Parade

It has been snowing heavily for three days, and the ground is covered with white snow, and the branches are also covered with shiny silver bars, which are covered with silver, which has a special flavor.At the same time, it also brought a lot of inconvenience to people's lives, and it even made the water transport yamen panic. The river was frozen, and the last batch of grain, tax and silver transferred from Tianjin Wharf, as well as tributes from various provinces for the supply palace, were all blocked at Tongzhou Wharf.

Therefore, on this day, the Ministry of Industry requested all detainees except those on death row to clear the official road. No amount of snow could stop the common people from joining in the fun.

Someone recognized Jia Yucun with sharp eyes: "It's Jia Yucun! The left servant of the Ministry of War, I didn't expect to be imprisoned!"

The people watching from a distance immediately became a sensation.

Among the crowd, Ni Eryi smiled and got out.

The eyes of the old housekeeper of Yizhong County Wangfu slowly narrowed.

It was snowing heavily, and the imperial city looked extraordinarily towering and tall in the shadows.

Two large basins of fire were lit in front of the gate of Qianqing Palace, and one memorial to another was thrown into the fire.

The deputy head of the Qianqing Palace personally took two large baskets of memorials, opened one and read it and threw it into the fire, and opened another one and threw it into the fire.

In the distance, some officials gathered together to peep and discuss quietly, and some showed expressions of grief and indignation.

Elder Yang Ge came with the memorial in his hand, shook his head looking at the memorial that was thrown into the brazier, and walked quickly into the Qianqing Palace.

study room

With a bang, a teacup from a blue and white official kiln hit the ground, shards flying everywhere.

Emperor Jianwu ran back and forth angrily in the upper study with his hands behind his back.

Dai Quan winked at the chief eunuch on duty.

The eunuch took a rag and walked quickly up to clean up the fragments of tea foam on the ground.

Emperor Jianwu walked to the imperial case and stood still: "The proposed decree: Li Shouzhong incited all officials and cliques to disrupt the government. I think he is old and stupid, so he will be exonerated. Li Shouzhong will be removed from all positions immediately, and he will be deported back to his original place tomorrow."

Elder Yang Ge appeared outside the door, stunned for a moment, then walked in lightly, and presented the memorial to the imperial case: "Your Majesty, Li Shouzhong is the imperial censor, and has the duty to impeach ministers."

With a snort, Emperor Jianwu went straight to the imperial case and sat down: "He kept saying that he wanted to avenge the innocent people who died in vain, but in the final analysis it was still a dispute between civil and military forces. What is the difference between what he did and the compilation of the Hanlin Academy that was beaten? He is a man for fame." He said, throwing the memorial of Li Shouzhong's impeachment of Jia Hu on the ground, "Burn it."

Dai Quan quickly picked up the memorial and replied, "Yes." He walked out quickly.

Elder Yang Ge: "Your Majesty, Li Shouzhong's memorial is purely to clarify the Hefei massacre. Civil officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Imperial Academy, the Imperial College and the Six Ministries all have this intention. They don't have any opinion on Ning Guogong, and it has nothing to do with personal grievances."

Emperor Jianwu asked with a cold face: "Arguing? What's there to argue about?!"

Old Yang Ge hesitated for a moment, and said: "It can't be stopped, if they don't fight, they will always be unwilling."

When Emperor Jianwu heard this, he became angry: "They are clearly using the Hefei incident to attack the heroes of the court and drive a wedge between the royal family and the military! They have ulterior motives! Their intentions can be punished!"

Seeing that the emperor was so angry, Yang Ge turned pale with shock.

It was only after a while that Emperor Jianwu regained his composure, pondered for a long time, and then said: "I don't want to deal with anyone. You know what happened in Hefei, and all the officials know it. Even if there is a mistake, it is for the sake of the country. No one has the right to blame those soldiers who fought for the country. Go and tell them, let them correct their minds, calm down, and stop making trouble."

Looking at the dim sky outside the window, he continued, "It's almost Chinese New Year, I don't want to create a big prison."

Elder Yang Ge took a deep breath, and then replied: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu didn't look at him again, picked up the memorial on the royal case and looked at it. As he watched, his expression suddenly changed, and he raised his head: "When did they come? Why don't I know?"

Elder Yang Ge replied: "Yesterday, after dusk, the Southern Sect of Kong and his party arrived at Luhe Station. The cabinet did not know about their entry to Beijing until they received Kong's memorial."

Emperor Jianwu snorted, and impatiently closed Kong’s request to enter the palace to face the saint. Zhejiang is thousands of miles away from the capital.

Elder Yang Ge: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Jianwu: "Arrange officials from the Ministry of Rites to welcome them, and I will personally confer titles on the Nanzong Kong family in the next year." Speaking of this, a fierce look appeared in his eyes, and he continued: "The Yongwei camp has entered Zhili, and it will enter Beijing in three to five days. Get ready. I will inspect the army at Andingmen. Officials above the fifth rank in Beijing, as well as the Manchus, Mongols, envoys from various vassal states, and the Nanzong Kong family, will all go to watch."

Old Yang Ge understood, and replied loudly: "Observe the order." He turned around and walked out quickly.

Seeing Elder Yang disappearing outside the door, Emperor Jianwu's expression darkened.

At this time, Dai Quan came in, startled slightly, walked silently to the compartment to fetch the teapot, then silently walked to the side of the imperial case, picked up the tea bowl and continued, and said softly, "Your Majesty, take a sip of hot tea and calm down."

After a while of silence, Emperor Jianwu stood up, walked to the window and looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window, and suddenly asked, "What is Jia Hu doing?"

Dai Quan: "We should stay with Lin Ruhai's daughter."

Emperor Jianwu snorted, walked to the imperial case, took a piece of light yellow paper, picked up a pen and began to write, saying: "The Kong family of Nanzong has entered Beijing, let people check it carefully to see what is wrong."

Dai Quan was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu went on to say: "Send my manuscript to Jia Hu. In addition, you take people to Chaoyang Gate yourself." After writing, he handed over the manuscript.

The snow gradually became lighter, and a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground. Several women were sweeping the snow on the road leading to the backyard of Ning'an Hall.

In the distance, Amber was coming from the small kitchen, wearing a gorilla felt cloak and a Guanyin pocket. Behind her was a woman holding a green silk umbrella, and two women followed behind carrying a big food box.

Several women hurriedly saluted: "Young lady is back."

Amber nodded with a smile: "Don't be too polite, you should be busy." Saying that, she went straight into the backyard.

Walking to the eaves of Jia Hu's main room, a woman lifted the cotton curtain, and Hu Po took the food box and walked in. The room was very quiet, and she walked slowly to the curtain, listening to the movement inside, and suddenly she heard Xi Chun's voice: "Oh, why are you moving again, I hate it!"

Amber smiled, hung the cloak and snow cap on the hanger, and walked in with the food box.

I saw Jia Hu sitting on the kang, holding a volume of books in his hand, and Lin Dai was standing in front of the book case and painting.

Xichun stood on the other side of the desk, holding a brush in his hand, and was doing a lot of drawing. He seemed to be thinking about how to write. He looked at Lin Daiyu, and then at the rice paper in front of her. He looked up and saw Amber, blinked his eyes, and with a flick of the pen, a few drops of thick ink dripped onto the rice paper.

Hu Po glared at her, put the food box on the ground, lifted the lid, took out a porcelain cup from inside, and looked at Xi Chun.

Xichun happily ran over, took the bowl from Hupo's hand, "Thank you sister Hubo."

The pen in Lin Daiyu's hand completed the last tick!
On the huge rice paper in front of him, Jia Hu, who was sitting on the kang and dressed in a brocade robe, was so lifelike that he was about to emerge.

Xichun walked over with the bowl of lotus seed soup in his hands, his eyes lit up, and he shouted to Jia Hu: "Brother, come and see, Sister Lin's painting is really like it!"

Lin Daiyu put down her pen, cleaned her hands in the copper basin beside her, took the towel handed by Hu Po and wiped it off, and smiled at the surprised Jia Hu and Jia Xichun brothers and sisters: "I made you laugh."

Jia Hu smiled.

Xichun curled her lips, walked to the edge of the kang and sat down, concentrated on eating.

Amber brought another bowl to Lin Daiyu, "Miss, drink it while it's hot."

Lin Daiyu didn't answer: "Give it to your second master first. I've been sitting on the kang for almost an hour, it's so pitiful."

Jia Hu laughed and said: "It's because you worked hard. You can eat it. I'll serve it myself." As he spoke, he turned around suddenly, and saw Xichun sitting by the kang laughing, drawing shame on his face with his fingers.

Jia Hu was immediately annoyed, and was about to speak, when the voice of Lin Zhixiao's family came from outside: "Second Master, Director Dai from the palace is here, and he is waiting in the main hall."

Hearing this, Jia Hu frowned, saying that it was fine before the year, and it has only been two days.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Go quickly."

Jia Hu nodded, and then said to Hu Po, "You can eat my bowl."

(End of this chapter)