Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 254 A Bad Battle of Words 2
  Jia Cong watched the two women leave, then turned around and said, "Now we have enough eyes and ears, but not enough claws. Deputy Shou Wang, allocate 1500 sergeants to Zhenbeiguan and Guangshun Pass respectively, and give more bows and crossbows to Zhang Yi and others." Su Can, if there is any enemy, he will be ordered to attack to relieve the siege.

Recruit another three to five thousand capable soldiers to supplement the supply of troops. In addition, the army often has falcons for messengers, and people from the Shan'na tribe can be hired to teach them how to tame falcons. "

"The end will be ordered."

Jia Cong discussed government affairs with everyone again. After being busy for a long time, he sent everyone away. He sighed in his heart, a mere Liaohai Guard had so many things to do. Now he has to take care of the affairs of the whole world. You can imagine how difficult and heavy it is. And know.

It's fine if they are indolent, but if they want to do some meritorious deeds, it would be strange not to be exhausted. Most of the ancient kings either worked diligently for a few days at the beginning and then lay down as soon as the novelty wore off, or they just lay down. flat.

Back in the room, Jia Cong hugged the two girls and sat on the edge of the bed to tease them. He rubbed his hands around and said with a smile: "Shan'er, Yi'er, you are such a pair of darlings. You are almost exactly the same. I am also very sensitive. If If you close your eyes, I’m afraid you won’t be able to tell the difference.”

The two girls squealed and couldn't help but hold Jia Cong's mischievous hand and said in unison: "Don't do it. You're teasing me again and you won't let me sleep with you. Brother Jia is so annoying."

Jia Cong smiled dryly and took out his hand: "The time has not come, the time has not come. Do you think I am not in a hurry? Look at the tiger skins drying in the backyard. I have eaten several tigers. I really can't rush this thing, husband." I've tried my best to speed up, but in the previous life, you guys would have had to wait for several years."

"Previous life?" Wanyanshan asked in shock.

Jia Cong slipped up for a moment and hurriedly replied: "What I'm talking about is that in my previous life, I was not a defender. I was not rich. I couldn't afford tiger tendons, tiger marrow, bear bile, and old ginseng, so my practice was naturally slower."

Wanyan'a pouted and said, "How long do we have to wait? I still want to give birth to a baby for my eldest brother."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "You are still a child. We will wait until you are twenty to have a baby."

"Ah? So late? Many girls in our clan have children at the age of thirteen or fourteen." Wan Yanshan said.

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "That's because you don't know medical skills. A girl's body bones have not grown enough to give birth, which is very harmful to the body."

Seeing the disappointment on their faces, Jia Cong smiled evilly and said, "But, it doesn't take that long to be a woman for my eldest brother."

The two of them turned from worry to joy and threw themselves into Jia Cong's arms.

"Okay, let's get down to business. Now that Shengfan's strength has been greatly damaged, this is a good opportunity for you mature women to expand their territory. Why don't you inform your father quickly and contact all the familiar ministries to eat up Shengnu's true territory? Tell your father-in-law, If you are short of weapons, bows, arrows, and armor, you can come to the city to get them," Jia Cong said.

The two women's eyes lit up, "Brother Jia, you are so smart! I'll go right away."

Wanyanshan cheered, jumped up, and went to deliver the message.

Wanyanwen also wanted to run away, but Jia Cong stopped her and hugged her.

"Just write the letter and go alone. Why are you running? Come take a shower with me."

Wanyanwen stretched out her fingers to draw circles on his chest, and said with a sweet smile: "I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it anymore, what should I do?
  "Bah. I will let you know how steel is made today."

Wanyan'a leaned close to his ear, stretched out her tender tongue, licked his earlobe, and whispered: "So what does Brother Jia want to do today? Roam the world, add mountains and rivers, add fuel to the flames, or is it an ice-fire poisonous dragon?"

Jia Cong's heart trembled, and he secretly praised himself for his good management. The Jurchen girl who was not familiar with the world now has Quan Guazi martial arts. He couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Play it all again."
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  The news of Shengfan's attack on Liaohaiwei spread quickly throughout Liaodong as if it had wings.

Inside the Liao Prince's Palace
  "What are you talking about?! Nearly 20,000 girls were slaughtered by Jia Cong before he even took action?"

The King of Liao roared like an angry bull and smashed a five-color hollow vase with cloud and phoenix patterns worth thousands of gold. He was so angry that he smashed the flat pot with gold dragon pattern on the table and the pastel golden lotus bat lid bowl one by one. It was shattered.

Palace Chief Shi Zhan said tremblingly: "Reporting to the prince, it is said that the original female child was not exposed, but Jia Cong recognized her because she had the power of a mature female child. Jia Cong was also ruthless, and ordered the massacre without caring about the facts. Many civilians came to help, but the birth of a girl was so unexpected that...the whole army was wiped out."

"Idiot, idiot! These people are as stupid as pigs. They have wasted all my efforts in vain!" The King of Liao was furious and wasted hundreds of thousands of silver without even hearing a sound. The only consolation was that, fortunately, there were five princes. The government shared most of the expenses.

Chang Shi said: "Your Majesty, the purpose of this trip is to disrupt Liaohai Guards and kill or force Jia Cong away. Although Sheng Fan has not made any achievements now, he can still make some achievements."

"Say." King Liao calmed down a little.

"Since the revolt was not launched and the Liaohai Guards were not damaged, Jia Cong massacred nearly 20,000 people for nothing. How cruel and unkind? It really disrespected the country, undermined His Majesty's generous virtues, and chilled the hearts of all the tribes outside the Great Wall..." Chang Shi smiled sinisterly. The King of Liao's sinister eyes flashed with a gleam, he nodded, gritted his teeth and said: "Contact the important ministers in the capital and the officials of science and technology, and give me some ginseng. I'll gin it to death!"

"Subordinate to obey!"
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  Shenjing, Yangxin Hall, Xinuang Pavilion
  The warm sunshine in the morning passes through the building outside the palace, shines through the window panes, and shines on the cloisonné enamel crane, river cliff and sea water pattern cauldron underneath the Nuan Pavilion. Light smoke is exhaled from the crane's mouth every time, and the elegant and calming fragrance fills the house. , the gold bricks paving the floor are like ink jade, reflecting several figures.

Directly in the north is the imperial throne, with a red gold plaque hanging on it, which reads the four characters "diligence, loyalty and virtuousness", which is the imperial pen of today.

Hanging on the wall behind the throne is a large splash-ink landscape painting with vertical and horizontal strokes and majestic charm. It is the "Picture of Thousands of Miles of Smoke Swallowing the World" painted by a master of the Academy of Painting. On both sides is a red gold couplet:

"Only one person can rule the world, how can he serve one person for the world." It is also the imperial pen of today. The writing style is heavy and thick, and the flesh and bones are rich.

Emperor Xifeng sent the two memorials to the following military commanders and said calmly: "My dear friends, the King of Liao joined the Liao Hai Guard and guarded Jia Cong, who respected his own troops, started provocations on the frontier, disregarded human life, was greedy and tyrannical, and killed barbarians indiscriminately. To take advantage of the situation and gain wealth by controlling the business field.

Yang Xiong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Province, said exactly the opposite. He told Jia Cong that he was based on benevolence and righteousness, appeased the barbarians, communicated with each other what they needed, anticipated the enemy's opportunities, was both wise and brave, and cleverly used tricks to mobilize the people's righteous soldiers. Nearly 20,000 enemies were wiped out, no civilians were injured, and peace was guaranteed. What do you think? "

All the military ministers had been in the officialdom for many years. They picked up the book and glanced at it to know the truth. Many thoughts quickly went through their minds, thinking about the connection behind this matter.

At their level, it no longer matters whether things are true or false, right or wrong. They just make choices based on what is beneficial.

The two new law leaders, Huo Peng, a bachelor of Tirenge, and Dong Yi, a bachelor of Dongge, exchanged glances. Jia Cong is brother Ruhai's nephew, half of his own, and quite talented. He is promoting the new law in Liaodong. If he is courageous, whether he is suppressing bandits and quelling chaos or killing good people and taking credit, he must first protect himself.

Huo Peng said: "Your Majesty, I thought that tens of thousands of people had sneaked into Liaohai Weixian with evil intentions. Jia Cong rose up to kill them and ensure the peace of the border. He has made great contributions and has no fault."

Song Rui, a scholar of Wuying Palace, sneered: "I absolutely disagree with what Xiang Huo said. As Yang Xiong said, there are so many people from Liaohaiwei who come and go to trade with each other every day. The girls should really go to trade at Jia Cong's call. , but was framed and killed. It was clearly Jia Cong who was ruthless and greedy for merit, and arbitrarily framed and killed many people.

It is said that it was a rebellion by the people, but a mob of nearly 20,000 people did not kill a single citizen or burn a house. Is there such a "rebellion" in the past and present? I hope your Majesty will learn from this. "

Su Haochu, a scholar of Wenhua Palace, also echoed: "I deeply believe what the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty said. Jia Cong is a tiger and a wolf, and I won't mention it for killing people and taking credit for it."

According to what he said, 20,000 soldiers could not stir up any trouble in a mere Liaohai Guard. This shows how self-respecting he is in raising troops. Why does Bianguan Guard maintain such a large number of troops? What happened? "

Dong Yi and Huo Peng looked at each other. These old party members were stubbornly jealous of Jia Cong's achievements in Yangzhou and had accumulated a huge amount of money to implement the new law. They wanted to kill him.

Because he said: "Prime Minister Su's remarks are biased, I dare not agree with him. As a garrison guarding the border, Jia Cong naturally needs to train elite soldiers and generals to protect the territory and the people. Could it be that he allowed the people to defeat Liaohai Guard? Burning and killing everything, and flowing into rivers of blood, is it called not having troops to respect oneself? That is called loyalty to the court? That is called ability? Isn't it ridiculous!

The former son Yang Xiong reported that although Jia Cong was young, he had a spiritual heart and was obedient to nature. He took the initiative to clear more than 50 acres of Liaodong farm in Ningrong's second mansion, paid taxes in full according to the new law, and donated 200 grains to the border troops. To relieve the urgent need, is there any one of the princes in the court who can reach this point?
  Such selfless, loyal and majestic people are actually being doubted by others. How can you, my colleagues, teach me? "

Everyone froze. Jia Cong did this very domineeringly. A teenage boy took the initiative to send a large amount of real money to the court. You still want to call him a traitor. This is not easy for these old bureaucrats to say. .

Huo Peng took advantage of the victory and pursued: "My predecessor Yang Xiong reported again that Jia Cong implemented the new law in Liaohaiwei and achieved remarkable results. The annual tax of Liaohaiwei soared from 60 taels to 260 million taels, and 100% of the farmland that was not included in the Huangshu was cleared. There are more than 20 acres, more than people, and the burden on the people has been greatly reduced. This is all the result of the new law.

Nowadays, there is a mountain of money and food in the garrison yamen. As a garrison, he does not need this money and food to strengthen his troops and bear the burden of the border. Could he use it to build a garden and enjoy himself? Can this save the soldiers from destroying their self-respect? "When it comes to wrangling and eloquence, everyone is good at it, no one is afraid of whom.

When talking about the new law, Emperor Xifeng also became interested and nodded: "Bu Cheng Wang Jia Cong, this kid, although he is not a second-ranking scholar, he actually has some political ability. In the bitter cold land of Liaodong, he actually dug out 260 million people." From the taxation of silver, even in the sacred land of Jiangnan, I have never heard of any state or government having such income."

Dong Yi smiled and said: "This is all because the Holy Emperor is coming to the court, so God sends down talented people in various ways to leave His Majesty."

The monarchs and ministers sang in harmony. Seeing that the building was about to turn upside down, Zhize, the first assistant of the Baohe Palace University, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I think that there are many doubts about Jia Cong's murder case. Whether it is merit or demerit, now it is still It’s hard to make a conclusion.

Moreover, there have been a lot of disputes about material affairs in the court recently, and there is already a box of records about Jia Cong. There needs to be an explanation. It is better to send people to investigate, and then order Jia Cong to submit his statement. "

Emperor Xifeng said: "The Ministry of War will send personnel to Liaodong to verify, and order Jia Cong to plead his case."

"Yes!" Huo Peng bowed and said, secretly happy in his heart. Now he is in charge of the Ministry of War. He will dispatch personnel from the Ministry of War. It is self-evident what the holy intention is.

If someone is sent from the criminal department of the old thief Song Rui, then Jia Cong will be in danger.

(End of this chapter)