serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 258
Before Yuanchun left, he told the girls to move into the garden on an auspicious day. On the [-]th, Wang Xifeng led people to clean up the place and set up curtains and bed curtains.

Remembering Jia Hu's explanation, Jia Rong led the people to open a moon gate on the courtyard wall between Hongxianglvyu and Huifang Garden, and built a wooden bridge over Qinfang River.

On the early morning of the [-]th, people from the Ning and Rong prefectures saluted at the Ningguo Mansion, waited to cover the ancestral hall, and collected the images of Ning Rong and other ancestors. Even if this year was over, Jia Jing went out of the city to continue practicing Taoism.

Today is Aunt Xue's invitation to have New Year's wine. It was agreed years ago, and Aunt Xue went to invite each other in person in the evening.

At the beginning of Weishi, Jia Mu took Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, You Shi, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng and the girls to Xue's small courtyard for New Year's wine.

Qianqing Palace

The imperial case in the study room was full of memorials again, Emperor Jianwu raised his head from the pile of memorials, looked at Wang Hetang who came in, did not speak, just waited for Wang Hetang to speak.

"See Your Majesty."

Wang Hetang walked to the imperial case and stopped, bowed deeply to Emperor Jianwu, and took out an official document from his sleeve, "It was sent to the cabinet urgently from six hundred miles away from Ningyuan. Wuya Boyong entered the customs with the mission .

In addition, the Liaodong Han people near Jinzhou City are withdrawing towards Guangning. Even in Yizhou, a large number of local Han people fled there with their families. "Speaking, he submitted the official document.

"Is there such a thing?" Emperor Jianwu's long eyebrows trembled inadvertently.

Dai Quan hurried over, took the official document in Wang Hetang's hand, walked back to Emperor Jianwu, and held it there.

Emperor Jianwu only looked at him, at the official document in his hand, without saying a word.

Wang Hetang went on to say: "The cabinet discussed this matter just now. There are two possibilities. One is that those Han people in Liaodong are worried about the imperial court's revenge, and would rather leave their hometowns than risk staying there. As for the second possibility, the Han people in Liaodong do not have a strong sense of belonging to the court. , and possibly even hostility.

If it is the second case, the imperial court’s northern expedition to Liaodong and the strategy of regaining the lost land will have to be changed.”

Emperor Jianwu was silent for a moment, and asked, "What do you think?"

Wang Hetang hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Duke Ning beheaded more than [-] Han soldiers in the grassland battle. I heard that the Han people in Shengjing and other places in Liaodong wore hemp and filial piety, and every household was wrapped in white."

Emperor Jianwu understood, "This is indeed a troublesome matter."

After a pause, he asked again, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Wang Hetang shook his head: "Liaodong has been in the hands of the Manchus for too long. It has been three or four generations. The Manchus have raised the status of the Han people in Liaodong, and most of them even have Korean slaves to use. Of course, the imperial court's Northern Expedition to Liaodong The general policy cannot be changed.”

Emperor Jianwu sighed softly: "Killing people is a pleasure, but what about after killing? Can't Liaodong be razed to nothing?"

Just as Wang Hetang was about to speak, Emperor Jianwu asked, "What does the Ministry of War say about this?"

"this."

Wang Hetang was stunned: "I haven't discussed this matter with the Ministry of War yet."

Emperor Jianwu: "King Zhongshun was removed from his post, and there was a vacant seat in the cabinet, so Shi Guangzhu, Duke Shan Guo, was asked to fill in. Discuss this matter again and think of a better way."

Wang Hetang had no choice but to answer: "Yes." He took the official document from Dai Quan and withdrew.

Watching him go out, Emperor Jianwu turned his attention to Dai Quan again: "Jia Hu hasn't returned to Beijing yet?"

Dai Quan: "Yes." After answering, he thought for a while and said, "Mr. Ning Guo went to Wanping City first, and went to Tongzhou after having dinner at a relative's house."

Emperor Jianwu: "Oh? What kind of relative?"

Dai Quan replied with a smile, "It's that distant relative of the Wang family, Grandma Liu."

Emperor Jianwu nodded, and suddenly remembered: "Call Prince Teng, Zhen Yingjia into the palace."

At the same time, Lin San led more than a hundred cavalry to escort Jia Hu's carriage and drove out of Tongzhou City, bumping and struggling on the snowy road to Beijing.

In the carriage, Jia Hu's body swayed back and forth with the bumps of the wheels.

On the short table in front of him were blueprints of cannons, pressed with a white jade ruler. Jia Hu was holding a blueprint and looking at it carefully.

It is not unconditional for Yuan Chun to leave the palace in advance, to help the emperor complete a small business.

When he arrived in Tongzhou City, Jia Hu knew that the so-called small business was to complete the transaction of artillery blueprints for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Xiyi people.

After reading the last drawing, Jia Hu couldn't help feeling that money can do anything.

These are the design and casting drawings of the most advanced artillery of the Xiyi people, including field artillery, light field artillery, siege artillery and coastal artillery.

In particular, the 6-pound and 12-pound field artillery can shell the cavalry at a distance of four hundred steps to four miles, and the range is far greater than that of the artillery equipped by the Zhou army.

The most important thing is that with the same caliber of artillery, the weight of the Zhou army's artillery is more than twice that of the Xiyi people.

After sorting out all the drawings and putting them in the box, he took out a letter from his bosom and showed it. This letter was a water-soluble handwritten letter.

After reading the last word, Jia Hu raised his head and thought silently. Shui Rong said two things in the letter. One was that he hoped to do business with the Jia Family Chamber of Commerce.Another thing, he hoped that he would help him transport the people he recruited from the disaster area in Shandong to Nanyang.

It seems that this kid is planning to occupy an island in Nanyang and establish a country, so as to enjoy the addiction of being an emperor.

Today's Nanyang living environment is very harsh, and various forces are intricate, and they will slaughter villages and villages at every turn.Also, because of disease, the death rate of immigrants is very high.

This is outrageous, there is no ass hole in having a child.

Can't do it! !

But business can be considered, and money still needs to be earned.

After taking the fire note and blowing it, he lit the letter in his hand and threw it into the brazier beside him, until the last corner was also burned to ashes!
"Second Master, there is news from Wang Zhong." Lin San's voice came from outside the car window.

Jia Hu pushed open the window, took the letter from Lin San, tore it open and read it, then lit it with a torch and threw it into the brazier.

Wang Zhong is Grandma Liu's son-in-law. His original name was Wang Gou'er. As an official, he naturally wanted a decent name. Grandma Liu begged Jia Hu to give him this name.

After more than a year, it finally paid off. Eunuch Zhao went to Wanping City just now, and the spies identified his family members.

Finally pinched the Achilles' heel of this old thing.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu immediately felt a lot better, and reached out and knocked on the front panel of the carriage: "Hurry up a little bit."

"Yes."

The soldier driving the chariot heard this, slapped the whip on the horse's buttocks, and shouted in a low voice, "Drive!"

The two horses drove quickly towards the capital on the snowy ground.

Qianqing Palace

Zhen Yingjia came out with a dejected expression, followed by Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng: "My lord, don't make things difficult, I will be the one to talk about it when the time comes."

Zhen Yingjia stopped in her tracks, turned her head to look at the gate of Qianqing Palace, sighed deeply, turned around and walked forward again, at this moment he spoke: "Many things in life are predestined, and hiding You can't hide. Besides, you can't hide this matter. It is His Majesty's grace to the Zhen family to let me be the leader of the negotiations.

With this credit, the Zhen family can return to court. "

Wang Ziteng shook his head.

At this time, a eunuch in red hurried over and said to Zhen Yingjia: "Master Zhen, the concubine asked you to go over."

Zhen Yingjia nodded, and said to Wang Ziteng: "Please Wang Shilang to inform Obi and Wuya Ruixing of this matter." After speaking, she bowed her hands and followed the eunuch in red to the Daming Palace.

(End of this chapter)