serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 89 Zhao Xi's Madness

"Ka Ka" a loud noise.

Before dawn, the huge gate of Guang'anmen slowly opened under the surprised eyes of the people outside the city waiting to enter the city.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

A group of city guards ran out with long guns and drove the people waiting to enter the city to both sides.

In the door opening, Lin Sanyi took the lead and led more than a hundred cavalry in front, followed by Jia Hu's luxurious carriage, closely guarded by hundreds of cavalry.

In the carriage, Zicuckoo opened the food box, and saw that there were various fruits in it, and then put these fruits into the ice cup, which she specially prepared last night, and saved it for lunch.

He took out another enamel box from the food box, opened it and took a look. Inside was five-spice kohlrabi mixed with sesame oil and vinegar.

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Ru Hua's eyes widened, "Sister, why are you still wearing this?"

Zicuckoo smiled: "It's hot, I'm afraid the girl won't have an appetite, so I'm appetizing." Then she put the enamel box into the ice mirror.

"Oh."

Ruhua scratched his head, looked at his girl who was sleeping on the soft couch, and looked at Amber who was gently fanning her girl, sighed a little discouraged, and suddenly felt that he was superfluous.

At this time, she caught sight of Jia Hu reaching out to pour tea, and hurriedly got up: "Second Master, let me come." Just as the carriage turned around, she fell down on the carpet with an "Ouch".

Zijuan quickly helped her up, "Are you all right?"

"Take a sip of tea."

Jia Hu handed the tea bowl to Dai Yu, and then smiled at Ru Hua: "You can rest, I don't need you to wait on me."

Ruhua lowered his head: "Oh."

Daiyu took a sip, handed it to Jia Hu, and then half leaned on the other side of the bed to read, but she was a little absent-minded, her eyes were on the book in her hand, but her eyes were not on the book.

Jia Hu took a sip from the tea bowl and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Daiyu glanced at him reproachfully, and then became serious: "Are you all right?"

Jia Hu took a deep look at Daiyu, then smiled, and said, "As far as the court is concerned, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. This is just a game of power, so there is no need to worry."

After a pause, "compared with temporary difficulties, loosening the rope around the neck is the most important thing. Besides, if you don't give in, how can you get more weapons from the emperor."

Daiyu nodded, as long as the emperor cannot gain absolute military power, the Jia family and the Xungui lineage are safe.

Jia Hu took another sip, put it down, and turned his gaze out of the window. The court has been very lively these past few days. The palace is busy selecting internal officials to supervise the army for the Yongwei Battalion. The soldiers and horses of the battalions were stationed in the Yushi Supervisor Army.

The actions of the civil officials immediately aroused strong opposition from the commanders and generals of the camps outside the city. If the emperor sent them an internal officer to supervise the army, they could not object and could recognize it by pinching their noses, but they could not accept Yushi entering the barracks as a supervisor.

The two sides did not directly break out the conflict, but went to the memorial and fought a war of words, which almost flooded Wenyuan Pavilion and Shangstudy.

In the end, under the guidance of caring people, the civil officials set their sights on Yongweiying.

Speaking of this caring person, Jia Hu laughed again.

After the banquet that day, Jia Hu received a letter, a letter written by Yizhong County King. In the letter, he sold Shui Rong completely, and reminded himself to be careful of Shui Rong, and not to be fooled by him or tricked.

If the deposed prince had half of his shameless skill back then, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

Thinking of Zhao Xi who was forced to go up the cliff, Jia Hu looked forward to it.

Under the escort of the cavalry, the carriage drove towards Xuanzhen Temple.

Qianqing Palace, go to the study.

Emperor Jianwu took a few sips from the tea bowl, put it down, and spread out the memorial on the imperial case, ready to review it.

The chief eunuch on duty came in and said softly, "Your Majesty, Director Zhao from the Palace of Compassion and Peace is here."

Emperor Jianwu: "Let him in."

The eunuch withdrew.

After a while, a fat eunuch walked in with his head bowed, walked into the hall and knelt down, "Your Majesty, my servant!"

Emperor Jianwu only glanced at him, ignored him, and continued to review the memorial.

There was silence.

Emperor Jianwu put the approved memorial on the upper left corner of the imperial case, picked up another memorial, and then said: "Do you know what to do?"

Eunuch Zhao replied: "I know. The servant must be optimistic about the Yongwei Camp. The generals will report every move of the generals to His Majesty."

Emperor Jianwu: "It's good to know. You have served the Empress Dowager very well these years. After two years of hard work, I will at least guard the Yongwei Camp for me. When I am free, I will transfer you to my side."

"Yes." Eunuch Zhao kowtowed.

Emperor Jianwu went on to say: "When you arrive at the Yongwei Camp, you don't need to talk, just listen. Don't think about other thoughts, defending the Yongwei Camp, you are a great achievement. Jia Hu is not other noble generals, he is a brave general. The murderer, don't provoke him, even if he kills you by the hands of the Mongols, I can't deal with him."

After a pause, "Your family has already set off from Baoding. Wanping has a village and plans to allocate another [-] mu of land to support the family. How about it?"

Eunuch Zhao trembled, kowtowed again and again, and said in a trembling voice, "I thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

Only then did Emperor Jianwu show a smile: "Get up, you go back to the Queen Mother, and say that I will go to pay my respects during dinner."

"Yes."

Eunuch Zhao kowtowed again, then stood up, bowed and retreated.

Looking at the back of eunuch Zhao going away, Emperor Jianwu's eyes flashed. This eunuch Zhao was a servant of his hidden mansion in the early years. Later, he sent him to the palace to serve the queen mother who was still a noble concubine. He helped him a lot. He didn't intend to send him there, after all, he had been away from him for more than ten years.

After some consideration, two people were finally selected, but one of them was supported by Longshou Palace, and the other was supported by King Zhongshun. After careful consideration, they finally chose this eunuch Zhao who had been depressed for many years.

At this time, Dai Quan came in with a memorial, and reported: "Your Majesty, Uncle Jia has gone out of the city to make a wish. This is the memorial from the head of the country." He said, and presented the memorial to the emperor.

Emperor Jianwu took the memorial and unfolded it. While looking at it carefully, he said: "Making a wish? What kind of wish did he make! It can't be a wish to win the battle! Every day, if you don't do business, you will be making trouble."

He stopped here, his face was a little ugly, Jia Hu's memorial said one thing, he wanted a gun, he wanted a cannon, and it was the kind of lion that opened his mouth.

Two thousand Xiyi smoothbore guns and 150 sub-cannons.

After more than two months of rushing work, the Ordnance Bureau, including the inventory, only had a total of more than [-] sub-cannons, which was too much.

Emperor Jianwu put down the memorial and asked Dai Quan, "How is Guangdong going?"

Dai Quan immediately replied, "The first batch of [-] Xiyi muskets are already on their way."

Emperor Jianwu understood Jia Hu's meaning, but he was very angry in his heart. As a courtier, he made conditions with himself, and he didn't take himself as emperor seriously.
Dai Quan: "Your Majesty, Li Hao, the deputy governor of the right, has signed the official documents of the civil servants, and Li Shouzhong, the deputy governor of the left, is left. I heard that the eldest grandma of the Rong family took her son to Li's residence early in the morning. , Li Shouzhong also filed a leave."

Emperor Jianwu was stunned for a moment, it turned out that it should be on this matter, after thinking about it, it is not unacceptable, but in this way, Liu Fang's army will lose its self-generating firecrackers, and its combat power will definitely be affected.

Thinking of this, he said to Dai Quan: "The decree is to transfer the [-] Shanhaiguan cavalry under the command of the Jizhou General Army to Liu Fang."

Dai Quan: "Yes."

East City, Zhao Xi Mansion.

In the study room, Zhao Xi sat silently in front of the desk, his eyes were bloodshot, and a letter was placed on the desk.

Zhao Xi stood up suddenly, grabbed a stack of books on the desk and threw them on the ground fiercely, shouting almost out of control: "Why! Why do you all force me?! Why! You all told me I don't want to go!"

After that, he laughed again, with such a ferocious smile: "Since you have pushed me to a dead end, then don't blame me for breaking the net with you!"

(End of this chapter)