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Chapter 321 The Emperor’s Ambition (Please subscribe)
I definitely don't know now that the absolute confidant who stood in the way has other thoughts at this time.

It's not that he's disloyal, it's just human nature.

The position of commander of the Jinyi Mansion was too risky, so he had to think more about his options.

In addition, the reason why he was tempted was mainly because of the situation he learned, which made him feel that Jia Huan and Prince Zhongshun had the possibility of success.

Although the Jinyi Mansion is not as exaggerated as the Jinyiwei of the Qianming Dynasty, its power and strength should not be underestimated.

The investigation of Jia Huan was naturally detailed and meticulous.

Jia Huan's financial resources alone are more than a million!
The commander of Jinyi Mansion was also shocked when he just found out.

How old is Jia Huan?

He has only been out of the house for a short time, but he already has such strong financial resources!
Even the Jinyi Mansion Commander's own family's total financial resources are only a little more than one million.

After taking a closer look, I realized that Jia Huan had been in the military ration business for many years!
This thing is really a money grab during the famine years!

Especially when Jia Huan has the management rights of Ningrong Second Mansion and a total of fourteen large-scale farms!
The military rations alone helped Jia Huan earn more than five hundred thousand taels of silver.

Then, there is the Jianghu business at the entrance of Ningrong Street, and the income is quite amazing!
In particular, when Jia Huan can almost monopolize these profits without sharing them with other powerful people, the profits can only be described as exaggerated!
It is no exaggeration to say that Jia Huan's income in a normal year would easily exceed 50,000 taels.

Once there is a period of famine and the annual income is less than 100,000 taels, then he is doing good deeds!

It's so exaggerated!

In short, the commander of Jinyi Mansion was shocked when he first found out!

I even couldn't help but suspect that he alone could barely support the development of offshore territories in cooperation with Prince Zhongshun, and there was no need for foreign aid at all in terms of money!
However, Jia Huan spread the news through the loudspeaker of Rong Mansion.

This was also the main reason why the commander of the Jinyi Mansion suspected that Jia Huan was playing Jiang Taigong's fishing trick.

At the same time, it also made him understand that Jia Huan had a good chance of success.

If nothing else, just because someone as talented as Jia Huan is worth the risk and investment.

Once the family has a way out overseas, he will have fewer worries when doing things!
Otherwise, you will always worry that once you lose the attention of the current emperor, you will be timid in doing anything you want to do, and you will definitely not end well in the end.

I definitely don’t know what my subordinates are thinking now, otherwise they would kill someone right now.

His idea at this time was very simple. He wanted to see what step Prince Zhongshun and Jia Huan could achieve by joining forces. Anyway, what they did was not harmful to the country.

If we can really occupy more offshore territories, I wouldn't mind picking peaches at the end.

Are you kidding? In such a matter, the emperor should have taken the lion's share, and it would be nice if the people below had some scraps.

Maybe he would reward Prince Zhongshun and the others with hereditary and irreplaceable titles whenever he pleased!

He had a wonderful idea, but unfortunately he overestimated the sea power he had at his disposal!

In the outer seas, no one recognized the so-called emperor of the Central Plains. Everything had to be based on actual strength, otherwise everything would be nonsense.

"Keep a close watch and don't act rashly!"

After thinking about this, he now ordered: "If Prince Zhongshun and the others do anything unusual, remember to report it as soon as possible without delay!"

"Send some elite men to sneak into Zhongshun's fleet and find a way to sneak into a certain position!"

"As for Rongfu, just ignore it. The cooperation with Zhongshun probably won't last long!"

"That boy named Jia Huan is interesting. What's the current situation?"

The commander of Jinyi Mansion hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Jia Huan has just won the Zhili Military Examination and Wu Jieyuan!"

"Oh, I don't think this kid is really capable!"

Now that he was interested, he chuckled and said, "It seems that the martial arts competitions next fall will be interesting!"

"Your Majesty, with Jia Huan's strength, as long as nothing unexpected happens, Sanding Armor will probably not be a problem!"

The commander of the Jinyi Mansion explained: "It is said that this person's martial arts skills are even more powerful than the previous military detective, General Hua Jiacong!"

"Yes, both of them were born in Rongfu!"

Jin Jin nodded and said: "It seems that Rong Mansion has a successor!"

I couldn't tell whether his tone was unhappy or something else. In short, it was very calm. Others couldn't hear the emotional changes in it at all, so it was naturally difficult for him to answer rashly.

"Hmph, if this kid is really capable, I won't be stingy!"

Both Dai Quan and Jinyi Mansion commanders remained silent, as if they had not heard anything.

How could they not know that they have always been very dissatisfied with the Founding Group, and have long wanted to suppress or even kill them all.

For no other reason, how could the emperor have firmly controlled the military power of the Beijing camp for so many years without the help of the founding noble group?
It can be said that the founding noble group is a stumbling block to today's control of military power. It's that simple!
Before, the current emperor was greatly offended!
It is not that simple to be magnanimous today. I am afraid that there will inevitably be various interest disputes and battles in the future, and only fools will take the initiative to participate in them.

Of course, according to the opinions of Dai Quan and the commanders of Jinyi Mansion, it is impossible to completely solve the founding group. It would be a major event that shakes the combat effectiveness of the army.

If one move goes wrong, the entire military system of Daqian will suffer huge fluctuations.

The best choice today is to fight and pull back, gather a group of noble talents with real talents, and completely marginalize those rotten guys who can't bear the heavy burden. It is the right thing to do!
Otherwise, the descendants of the founding noble families like Dai Quan and Jia Zhen would not be allowed to have close contact today!

I don’t know that much about things in Rong Mansion. Isn’t it because I have some ideas that I am in such a situation?

Obviously, he didn't have the intention to continue this topic, so he directly changed the subject and asked: "Is there anything else? If nothing else, just step aside!"

"Your Majesty, there is news from the southwest that Prince Nan'an has frequently mobilized his army of grain and grass troops, and is ready to fight with neighboring countries in the beginning of spring!"

The commander of the Jinyi Mansion then changed the subject and reported another matter: "According to the news analysis, the Prince of Nan'an County has the idea of ​​​​leading his troops into neighboring countries personally!"

"This guy is finally moving!"

The look on his face relaxed now, and he said in a calm tone: "Have you figured out how many troops Prince Nan'an plans to send in this expedition and what the ultimate goal is?"

When he talked about marching and fighting, his spirit changed.

As for the sudden move of Prince Nan'an to send troops to neighboring countries, it was naturally the result of the current push behind the scenes.

For no other reason than to gain some limelight and establish martial arts! After all, now that the power of the court is gradually in hand, it is time to do something.

Always focusing on internal disputes, fearing that the reputation will not be good after death.

Previously, his target was the northwest frontier fortress, and he took the initiative to provoke a small-scale frontier fortress battle.

The result was very unsatisfactory!

The combat effectiveness of the frontier army, which is known as the elite of the army, is not as powerful as imagined.

In the scout battle with the Huqi outside the Great Wall, there were winners and losers, but he didn't take any advantage!
This is embarrassing, and it makes today’s ambitious people very uncomfortable if they are neither up nor down!

Because there are no results, the pressure from the cabinet and the civil service system is increasing, and there is nothing we can do now. Who knew it would be such a situation!

Apart from privately scolding the border troops for their incompetence, they could do nothing else.

Not only did the small-scale scout battle fail to gain an advantage, it was said that the Hu tribes outside the Great Wall had shown signs of counterattack, and it was feared that the frontier war would restart again soon.

The impression that the frontier army gave to today is really not very good, so naturally he has no idea!

Don't get to the end and slap yourself in the mouth, that would be really embarrassing!

Originally, he planned to transfer Wang Ziteng, who had been patrolling the frontier for a long time, back to the capital, but now he can only let him continue to hang around the frontier and supervise the border generals not to slack off.

When necessary, he would sit directly at the frontier and preside over the war against the barbarians!

Because the border troops are not strong enough, they are currently being hampered by a lot of restrictions from the civil service system, and I feel very unhappy.

The northwest frontier is so weird, so the northeast side is naturally not much better!
In view of the story of the Ming Dynasty, the Northeast has always been heavily stocked with troops, but it was strictly supervised by the imperial court.

Today and the cabinet, we don’t want another so-called Guan Ning cavalry to appear in the Northeast!

Houjin's side is also strange. The monarchs who have appeared in the past hundred years are all very capable, which puts a lot of pressure on Daqian's northeastern defense line.

Under such circumstances, it would be great to be able to stabilize the northeastern defense line. Do you still want to bother?
Today's brain is not broken. Besides, neither the emperor nor the cabinet will allow him to easily mobilize troops in the Northeast. It might be a war with a scale of 100,000 people.

Right now, the situation we are facing today is so embarrassing!

The northwest frontier army is weak, but the northeast side does not dare to act rashly!

Forced to this day, everyone is starting to think of ways to train qualified generals on their own.

Jia Cong's crazily suppressing bandits in Zhili and the Central Plains is just the beginning. There will be many young generals in the future. Now he wants to cultivate a few reliable and useful guys from among them.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a joke to rely on the noble generals for everything?
Faced with such an embarrassing situation, today I am angry and helpless, so naturally I cannot give up easily.

Again, for those who have gradually taken control of the overall situation of the court, as long as there is no major chaos within the Daqian River, they must carefully consider the matter of their posthumous reputation.

Nothing can better highlight an emperor's name and historical status than his outstanding military exploits.

Look at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Putting aside his military exploits, this man's performance can be called a coward or even a tyrant!

He was greedy for money, lustful, extravagant, and exploited the people with such ferocity that he was even more generous than the violent Qin Dynasty!
In his later years, if he had not woken up in time, the foundation of the Han Empire would have been shaken!

But it was his illustrious external military exploits that allowed such an existence to easily consume all the amazing national power accumulated during Wenjing's rule in a short period of time, and become one of the top ten or even top five emperors in the entire history of China. The powerful existence!

There is such a precedent, and now it is very tempting to imitate it.

Of course, the national conditions of Daqian at this time were very different from those during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!
If the emperor wants to expand his territory, he will face strong obstruction from the civil service system, and the pressure will be considerable.

Unless faced with invasion by foreign enemies, Daqian rarely initiates large-scale foreign wars!
All that can be done today is to make small fuss, and in the name of repeating the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, find ways to spread the tentacles of the Central Plains court to the state where the Han and Tang empires were at their peak.

Unfortunately, I was hit hard at the beginning!
If the northwest frontier army is not strong enough, then we can only think of other ways.

No, the Prince of Nan'an, who had guarded the southwest for hundreds of years, fell into the eyes of today.

It is difficult to start a large-scale war in the northwest and northeast, so how about starting the assembly from the southwest?
Compared with the Hu cavalry in the northwest and northeast, the small countries in the southwest are much easier to deal with.

At least, that's what we think today, and the contemporary Prince of Nan'an County also thinks so.

Now I just tentatively sent a private message to Prince Nan'an, and soon received a positive response from Prince Nan'an. This guy has long been interested in targeting neighboring countries.

Ahem, neighboring countries are rich in gems and jade, which are quite precious resources!
If it can be fully mastered, it will be no different from controlling several mountains of gold and silver that can continuously produce for hundreds of years.

The Prince of Nan'an County had long wanted to take action, but he was worried about being restrained by the imperial court, so he held back.

Who knew that the current emperor also wanted to expand the territory, so the two naturally hit it off.

So, with today's secret support, Prince Nan'an started preparing money for war!

All kinds of money, food and material transportation, as well as recruiting capable guys from among the nobles in the capital to join!
Because he had the emperor's endorsement, Nan'an County Prince was quite bold in doing things, otherwise Jia Huan would not have easily discovered something was wrong and then learned that he intended to conquer the south.

The Nan'an County King's southern expedition is still taken very seriously and paid close attention to today.

This involves a major event in which he gains military exploits and reputation. It is impossible not to pay attention to it, and it is impossible not to have strict monitoring methods, otherwise there is something wrong with his brain.

The current idea is very simple. While using Nan'an County King to achieve the goal, Nan'an County King cannot be allowed to gain too much benefit, or let Nan'an County King become completely bigger.

His idea is also simple. As long as the Nan'an County King's early battle goes well and he annexes some territories from neighboring countries, he will be forced to stop now.

Waiting for the neighboring countries to send envoys to the capital to give Jinjin a good time, the matter will be over.

We will definitely not let Prince Nan'an's troops really penetrate into the hinterland of a neighboring country!
For this matter, I have been communicating privately with Prince Nan'an for a long time, and now I am finally about to see the results, so I am naturally very happy.

As for the possibility of failure, I have never thought about it now!
Judging from the actions of Prince Nan'an, if one hundred thousand elite troops were dispatched at one go, how could it be impossible for him to lose?

To say that the armies that defeated other places were not adapted to the climate and environment in the southwest, the elites under the Prince of Nan'an certainly did not have such problems.

Without the trouble of acclimatization, as long as the logistics can keep up, I don't think that there is a possibility that Nan'an County Prince will fail this time, unless there is a huge unexpected change.

In short, after listening to the report from the commander of the Jinyi Mansion, I feel quite happy now!

He even couldn't help showing a relaxed look on his face, and said leisurely: "Continue to monitor, and at the same time give enough convenience to Prince Yu Nan'an, don't let anyone ruin his good deeds!"

The commander of the Jinyi Mansion nodded hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, there will definitely be no problem!"

(End of this chapter)