serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 273 The Wharf Storm 3
Qianqing Palace

study room

At this time, the chief assistants Song Chengliang, Wang Hetang, Shi Guangzhu and Zhao Zixun had all rushed to the upper study room and were sitting there with Niu Jizong, looking at Emperor Jianwu.

"That's it for this matter!"

Emperor Jianwu was obviously in a good mood, and smiled lightly: "The Military Weapons Bureau is casting a new type of Xiyi artillery. When the time comes, another batch will be allocated to the old Duke from here, so that the fleet can form combat power as soon as possible."

Niu Jizong bowed his body: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu turned his attention to Zhao Zixun again: "The cost of replacing self-generated guns in each province is paid from my internal treasury, but the Ministry of Households has to reserve the cost of replacing new equipment in border towns."

Zhao Zixun quickly replied, "Yes."

Wang Hetang hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Your Majesty, now that the new city outside the Guanwai has been completed, can we reduce the number of troops in Datong and Xuanfu towns?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked and looked closely at Wang Hetang.

Wang Hetang went on to say: "Now the defense line in the north has been pushed to the front line of Yinshan, and the defenses on the front line of Datong and Xuanfu can be reduced. In addition, the Yikezhao League has also completed the restructuring and is directly managed by officials sent by the imperial court. Yulin Town does not need to There are so many soldiers and horses."

Paused, "The minister is talking about cuts, not cuts!"

Emperor Jianwu came back to his senses: "This matter cannot be rushed. The Datong and Xuanfu lines cannot be moved for the time being, and the Mongolian tribes in Monan still pose a certain threat. As for Yulin Zhenniu Shangshu."

Niu Jizong pondered for a while, and said: "First set up a patrol battalion in the Ikezhao League, and then cut it down according to the situation after half a year."

Wang Hetang wanted to speak again, but Song Chengliang hurriedly grabbed the conversation: "That's it, that's it. Everything has to go through a process, there is no rush."

After hearing his words, Wang Hetang could only swallow his saliva and nodded.

Song Chengliang stood up: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Supervisor of Rites has surrounded the Courtyard."

Emperor Jianwu: "Yes, this is my will."

Song Chengliang was stunned for a moment. He had been recuperating at home for the past few days, and he only heard the news that the Supervisor of Rites had imprisoned the Manchus in the Courtyard early in the morning, and it was the night when the contract was signed.

At that time, he guessed that the emperor had acted in Liaodong. He didn't know what was going on here, so it was inconvenient to make a judgment, but the emperor's actions were too rash.

Emperor Jianwu seemed to have seen through Song Chengliang's mind, and then said: "Mr. Ning Guo knows the truth of 'everything is foregone, and nothing is foregone'. I have no reason not to know." Everyone laughed.

Song Chengliang smiled and said, "It's because I'm old and confused."

Emperor Jianwu also smiled and said: "You are the chief assistant, so you should worry about this."

Song Chengliang replied: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu smiled and nodded, then turned his gaze to Dai Quan: "Is Jia Zheng here?"

Dai Quan: "Go back to Your Majesty, it's already here."

Emperor Jianwu: "Please come in."

Dai Quan: "Yes." After answering, he walked to the door and announced loudly: "The emperor has a decree, Xuan Jiazheng—"

Except for Zhao Zixun, everyone was stunned. Even though Jia Zheng was the fourth-rank Guanglu Temple Shaoqing who was in charge of Guanglu Temple's government affairs, he was not qualified to enter the study.

After a while, Jia Zheng walked over with his head bowed and bowed, walked to the door of the upper study and knelt down: "The minister Jia Zheng kowtows to His Majesty the Emperor, long live, long live!"

Emperor Jianwu looked at Dai Quan and motioned him to bring Jia Zheng in.

Dai Quan hurried to the door and helped Jia Zheng up, "Lord Jia, Your Majesty let you in." After speaking, he helped Jia Zheng in.

Because of Jia Hu and Jia Yuanchun's face, Song Chengliang, Wang Hetang, and Zhao Zixun were very polite to Jia Zheng, and they all nodded with a smile. Shi Guangzhu and Niu Jizong also looked at Jia Zheng with a smile.

Dai Quan helped Jia Zheng to walk about nine steps away from the imperial case and stood there.

Emperor Jianwu spoke: "This year's examination is about to begin, and I am announcing the chief and deputy examiners of the examination. Zhao Zixun."

Zhao Zixun had already got up, and immediately knelt down: "The minister is here."

Emperor Jianwu: "I appointed you to be the chief examiner of the examination."

Zhao Zixun replied: "I obey the order."

Emperor Jianwu smiled at Jia Zheng and said, "Jia Aiqing will be the assistant examiner of the examination."

Jia Zheng's body trembled, and he knelt on the ground with a plop: "I thank Your Majesty for your grace!" His face was flushed with excitement, and he kowtowed repeatedly.

Emperor Jianwu nodded with a satisfied smile: "Get up and talk."

"Of order!" The two replied in unison.

Emperor Jianwu went on to say: "The scientific examination is to select scholars for the country. It must be fair and just, and there should be no partiality. Do you understand?"

Zhao Zixun and Jia Zheng replied together: "I understand!"

At this moment, the deputy head of Qianqing Palace came to the door and stopped, gesturing to Dai Quan.

Emperor Jianwu frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

The deputy chief came in hastily, and reported: "Back to the emperor, news came from the Hedao Yamen that Uncle Wu Qing beat up the serving officials at the Dongbianmen Wharf."

"Who?"

"Xue Pan, head of the household department."

Emperor Jianwu moved his eyes upwards slowly, obviously searching for the impression of this person in his memory, which was familiar to him, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Dai Quan leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.

Emperor Jianwu suddenly realized: "I remembered, he beat someone to death in Jinling."

Hearing this, Jia Zheng's brain thumped, the emperor knew about it! ! !
The deputy director spoke again: "There are still a few scholars who are going to Beijing for the exam."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

For a moment, the air seemed to freeze, and there was no sound in the hall.

Emperor Jianwu came back to his senses, and slapped the imperial case with his palm, shaking the tea bowl high: "Arrest him! Let me arrest him and hand him over to the three judges for conviction!"

Suddenly there was a sound of hurried footsteps, everyone was startled, and they turned their eyes to the door.

I saw a senior eunuch from the Criminal Division burst in sweaty, tripped over the threshold in panic, and fell heavily to the ground.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help standing up one after another:
"What's wrong?!"

"what happened?!"

"What happened?!"

The chief eunuch of the Criminal Division crawled over, panting: "Fighting, fighting started. Ning Guogong and Wu Qingbo started fighting. Many people died!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard the bad news.

At this moment, Jia Zheng's ears were buzzing, and he felt darkness in front of his eyes. He closed his eyes immediately, and he was spinning in a flash. He wanted to speak, but he couldn't open his mouth, and then he fell straight down!
This was beyond everyone's expectation. Emperor Jianwu was startled and shouted loudly, "Come on!"

All of a sudden, the eunuchs and guards who were on duty in the outer hall ran in, and they were all shocked when they saw this.

Emperor Jianwu: "Hurry up! Send Jia Aiqing to the imperial hospital!"

At a loss, the eunuchs lifted Jia Zheng up and hurried out.

Watching them go out, Song Chengliang said: "Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to bring them into the palace, and nothing will happen to them."

Emperor Jianwu understood and winked at Dai Quan.

Dai Quan hurried out.

At this time, the Dongbianmen Wharf was in a mess, and the people watching had already disappeared.

Several officials of the Hedao Yamen sat down on the ground with ashen faces, staring straight ahead in a daze.

Dozens of Ding Haonu's corpses were lying here and there on the shore of the pier, some of them were still alive, lying there moaning.

Uncle Wu Qing had long since lost his previous arrogance and stood there bewilderedly. Suddenly, a look of panic appeared in his eyes.

I saw Jia Hu walking slowly with a saber dripping blood.

Wu Qingbo's Adam's apple twitched, and he said with difficulty: "You, you can't kill me. I am the Empress Dowager's younger brother, and today's actual uncle."

Jia Hu approached him, looked at him with a smile, and said, "Hey, it's scary. I'm so scared. Uncle Wu Qing, guess what price I'll pay for killing you?"

When Wu Qingbo heard this, he panicked. Beads of sweat dripped down his cheeks from his forehead, and he said in a trembling voice, "For, for a dog, it's not worth it."

Jia Hu smiled: "Do you know what is the biggest difference between us?"

Wu Qingbo: "What is it?"

Jia Hu smiled coldly: "I'm a human." He patted his face with the blood-stained blade, kicked him flying, and then threw the saber at him.

Wu Qingbo fell heavily to the ground, the saber landed right between his legs, and it was clinging to the heels of his thighs.

Looking at the still shaking handle of the knife, Wu Qingbo rolled his eyes and passed out.

With a cold snort, Jia Hu walked over.

Before approaching, Jia Hu was stunned.

Damn it, peed! ! !
(End of this chapter)