Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 365: The fate of the navy has been determined

The Prince of Nan'an County showed no ambition to make progress with his spies, only greedy for money, but what Jia Rui's spies reported back and what his spies reported back were two different things. If there were no tricks involved, Zhao Jin would never believe it.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what news Master Jia has reported back. I only know that what Chen's spies reported back is that the Prince of Nan'an County is corrupt, accepting bribes and not wanting to make progress."

The Supreme Emperor sat there and knocked on the table with a serious expression.

What does Prince Nan'an want to do?

Could it be that he wanted the mercenaries to respect themselves and even directly raised troops to Qingjun's side in Tianjin?

It's not impossible.

"Who has Prince Nan'an been in close contact with during this period?"

Zhao Jin lowered his head and thought for a moment, then immediately replied:

"The concubine of King Beijing has taken up an errand under the command of King Nan'an."

When the Supreme Emperor heard this, he contacted the superiors and subordinates for information, and finally understood what was going on.

King Beijing had already joined the emperor's side, and now the King of Nan'an County was taking in King Beijing's younger brother. If there was no deal, the Supreme Emperor would not believe it.

The emperor can't wait any longer? Want to take control of a military force and force yourself to hand over power?

The Supreme Emperor thought it was impossible.

You must know that there are hundreds of thousands of elites in the Beijing Camp, plus the fierce general Jia Rui, let alone the 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers trained by the Nan'an County King, even if they are added ten times more, they will not be able to deal with the Beijing Camp.

But if it wasn't for the purpose of clearing the emperor's side, why did they train the army to hide it from themselves?

The Supreme Emperor felt a headache just after thinking about it for a while, and he couldn't help but hit his head with his fist.

Although I don’t know what the emperor wants to do? But the Supreme Emperor still felt that he had to take precautions and never put himself in danger no matter what the situation.

"It is hereby announced that the emperor was disrespectful in front of Concubine Zhen's body and spent two months in the Yangxin Hall behind closed doors. No one is allowed to visit her."

After receiving a wink from the Supreme Emperor to the seal eunuch, the guy immediately walked up to the Supreme Emperor holding an iron box.

The Supreme Emperor opened the iron box with his personal key and took out a golden command arrow from inside.

After that, he threw the command arrow to Qin Shun and said, "Go and handle this matter."

"The slaves obey."

Qin Shun knelt on the ground, picked up the token, and then carefully left the Dragon Head Palace.

The Supreme Emperor felt very tired while sitting on the throne. He had already suffered a nervous breakdown from his son.

If it weren't for the fact that his other sons were useless, the Great Emperor would have deposed the emperor long ago.

Unlike now, although the Supreme Emperor knew that the Emperor was constantly tossing things, he could not get rid of him directly.

Just controlling the emperor is not safe. The Supreme Emperor felt that he should keep an eye on the Tianjin Navy.

Then the Supreme Emperor took out another command arrow from the iron box, and then threw it to a young eunuch who was waiting beside him, "You leave the capital and go to Song Jian's camp, and have his cavalry cross the capital and arrive one hundred miles away from Tianjin. Camp everywhere."

Song Jian was the leader of the Gansu rebellion at that time. He was later surrendered by Jia Rui. Later, with Jia Rui's recommendation, he commanded tens of thousands of his cavalry and stationed them in the north of the capital to intimidate the barbarians on the grasslands.

In the past few years, Song Jian has been conscientiously patrolling the border defense in the north of the capital. He has also made several attacks on the grassland barbarians, leaving no grassland barbarian garrison within a thousand miles north of the capital.

Because of this, Song Jian became more and more appreciated by the emperor, and in the past two years, he had regarded Song Jian as his confidant.

With the Beijing camp unable to move, the Supreme Emperor first thought of Song Jian's cavalry.

In the Central Plains, 50,000 to 60,000 cavalry are a very large force, which is enough to determine the outcome of a strategic war.

Therefore, the Supreme Emperor believed that as long as Song Jian's cavalry was present, the Nan'an County Prince would not dare to make any move.

Of course, the Supreme Emperor was not prepared to let Prince Nan'an go just like that.

Although there is no evidence now, does the Supreme Emperor need evidence if he wants to deal with someone? As long as the Supreme Emperor is suspicious, then this person has a way to die.

"Passengers are told that the inventory of silver in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been exhausted, and they will no longer be able to provide silver to the navy in the near future. The Prince of Nan'an County is advised to be cautious and patient."

Zhao Jin did not dare to neglect and immediately drafted an order beside him.

The Supreme Emperor is pulling out the fire under the cauldron and cutting off the navy's food and salary supply.

But this was not the end, the Supreme Emperor ordered Zhao Jin to let spies lurk inside the Navy, and even bribed the generals within the Navy, waiting for the Supreme Emperor's orders at any time.

The Supreme Emperor is already ready to give up on the Navy.

This is the character of an emperor, who can give up anything if necessary.

Even though the Supreme Emperor spent five to six million taels of silver for the navy, and he left a way out for his grandson to go south, he could not let it exist when his imperial power was threatened.

The next day, everyone in the court knew that the emperor was once again grounded by the Supreme Emperor.

But this time, no one felt anything was wrong.

Because the emperor had been banned by the Supreme Emperor several times, but he had been imprisoned and released, and released and imprisoned again. The father and son did not know whether they were playing games.

The emperor in the Yangxin Hall was also very baffled that he was imprisoned again. It was even said that he was rude in front of Concubine Zhen's soul. The Emperor thought this was just an excuse.

"Xia Shouzhong, it's been so long, have you found out any news?"

Xia Shouzhong, the emperor's personal eunuch, said quickly: "Back to Lord Long Live, we can't find out the specific news at all. We only know that Jia Rui suddenly came back from Tianjin last night and met with the Emperor overnight, and then the Emperor issued this decree."

After hearing this, the emperor slammed the table angrily. You Jia Rui, you dare to slander me in front of the Supreme Emperor. Who gave you the courage?

In fact, it's no wonder that the emperor was the emperor. Anyone who heard the news would instinctively think that the person behind the incident was Jia Rui.

"It's a decree that Concubine Jia has not worried about having children for many years. She will be deposed as a commoner and sent to Beishan."

The emperor was furious and wanted to take out his anger on Jia Rui's relatives.

Where is Beisan in the imperial palace? That's the cold palace.

Being thrown into the cold palace, Jia Yuanchun will never get better in his life.

Just when the eunuch below was about to convey the order, an old man suddenly appeared, and then he whispered a few words in the emperor's ear.

The anger on the emperor's face slowly became calmer as the old man spoke, and then he waved his hand to the little eunuch who was delivering the order to come back.

At this time, Jia Rui did not go to the cabinet, but was resting at home.

They say they are resting, but they are actually being criticized.

The only person who could scold Jia Rui in the Dingxi Marquis Mansion without lifting his head was Mr. Jia Dairu.

This was not in the study. Jia Dairu was sitting in the middle, got a ruler, and cursed at Jia Rui.

"You bastard, the Supreme Emperor asked you to go out of the palace to do something, and this is what you did? I don't know if it was done well or not, but you brought a girl back instead?"

"Have you forgotten what I taught you before, you bastard?"

Jia Rui stood there and didn't dare to raise his head.

Jia Dairu cursed for a long time, until his mouth was dry and his throat hurt, and then he stopped.

"Tell me, how do you plan to bring the new woman back?"

Only then did Jia Rui dare to raise his head, and then said carefully: "My grandson is not someone who always gives up. Now that I have brought him home, I have to give him an identity."

Jia Dairu nodded in annoyance. After all, the other party was born into a family of officials. If he didn't have an identity, others would think his grandson Jia Rui was so arrogant.

"Forget it this time, if there is another time, see if I don't break your legs." Jia Dairu said angrily.

Jia Rui breathed a sigh of relief, and this level was finally over.

Just when Jia Rui thought that he would not be unlucky again today, Mrs. Wang opened the door and walked in.

She first glanced at Jia Rui who was standing there, then smiled and sat next to Jia Dairu.

When Jia Rui saw Mrs. Wang come in, he felt more relaxed. With the old lady here, the old lady would not embarrass himself too much.

But his thoughts are beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

"The little nun you left outside seems to have given birth to a child. Do you know about this?" Mrs. Wang said to Jia Rui with a smile while drinking tea.

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment. He hadn't been to Jingchen for a long time.

To be honest, Jia Rui is also a little fond of the new and hates the old. He has almost forgotten about the little nun he originally got.

When Mr. Jia Dairu heard this, the suppressed flames burst out again.

"You bastard, you actually dare to raise a woman outside of me without telling me, and she's also a nun. If I don't give you a good beating this time, you won't remember it!"

As the old man spoke, he called his young man outside to prepare the family rituals.

Jia Dairu's servant felt that he was really unlucky. Why was he with the old man today?

If this really puts the family law in the hands of the old man and makes the marquis remember him, will there be any good things in the future?

But the little guy didn't dare to disobey the old man's order. In the end, he could only slowly go out to find a whip.

Mrs. Wang became anxious when she saw Mr. Jia Dairu, and said unhappily: "What's the use of finding one more woman? This is also our grandson's job of opening up branches and leaves for our family."

Jia Dairu's beard twitched in anger, he pointed his finger at Mrs. Wang and said, "Just spoil him. See what you will do to him?"

But now Mrs. Wang is not afraid of Jia Dairu. She rolled her eyelids and said: "I think my grandson is very good. He is the chief minister of the dynasty outside and the head of the family when he returns home. He has also given birth to several children for us." A great grandson, such a good grandson, where can I find him?"

Jia Rui stood below and felt relieved again. It was still his grandma who was talking to him.

So Jia Rui walked up behind Mrs. Wang like a dog-legger, beat her back, and said flattering words at the same time.

Looking at the grandfather and grandson, Mr. Jia Dairu was so angry that he didn't want to stay here anymore. He stood up and walked out as soon as he shook his sleeves.

"Okay, I don't care about this anymore, just do whatever you like."

(End of this chapter)