Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 141 Arrival
A pier in the capital has been blocked by soldiers from the Beijing camp. Xia Shouzhong, who rarely left Emperor Jingwen's side in the past, was standing on the pier at the moment.

He kept looking into the distance, hoping to see the ship he was looking forward to.

Jia Qiang's return to Beijing has been rushed to Emperor Jingwen via the inn along with Jia Qiang's information. At the same time, Jia Qiang almost killed people along the waterway of the Grand Canal. News continued to spread to the capital. Emperor Jingwen Completely grasped Jia Qiang's movements.

While Xia Shouzhong was waiting anxiously, a small sedan came from a distance with four young eunuchs on both sides of the sedan.

As soon as he saw the sedan chair and the four young eunuchs, he recognized who it was.

"How did he come here?" Xia Shouzhong muttered to himself.

He was a little worried that the Supreme Emperor knew that Jia Qiang had returned to Beijing with a large amount of property and was here to rob the property.

The sedan landed, and Dai Quan walked out of the sedan with a bewildered smile.

"Mr. Xia, you're fine!" Dai Quan smiled and greeted Xia Shouzhong.

He stood next to Xia Shouzhong and looked in the direction Xia Shouzhong had just looked.

Xia Shouzhong also looked over and saw a strange large ship heading here.

But this time it was different. Jia Qiang brought back a wealth that was almost more than Daqian's tax for a year. How could the Supreme Emperor safely hand this wealth into the hands of Emperor Jingwen.

As for Jia Qiang, they are all his son-in-law and husband's disciples. Jia Qiang's family is just like his own family, with not much difference.

"That's Lord Jia's ship!" Dai Quan broke the weird atmosphere on the dock and pointed to a large ship on the water in the distance.

Fudo Myooh was unable to move his whole body, and heavy shackles and iron ropes were added to his body.

The reason why Emperor Jingwen was restricted by the Supreme Emperor was because without power and money, the Supreme Emperor might run into trouble if he wanted to grasp the power in his hands.

At this moment, they already knew their fate. The first crime was to send troops without authorization, and the second crime was to attack and kill the imperial envoy. Either one of the two crimes was enough to make them irrecoverable, let alone punishing both crimes.

No one knows that Dai Quan of Daming Palace is greedy for money, because it is normal to be passionate about wealth.

It was King Fudo Ming who led people into the palace, and Emperor Jingwen was almost killed together with him.

Fortunately, Jia Qiang and Jia Jingang were there, making the journey smooth and smooth.

"Finally arrived in the capital!" Jia Qiang said with a smile while standing on the terrace of the Western-style gunboat.

Her luggage needs to be sorted, the gifts to be sent to Jia's house are ready, and she and her daughter need to freshen up to avoid losing Lin Ruhai's face.

The Western-style gunboat docked slowly to the dock, and the sailors laid boards between the dock and the deck.

The sergeants from the Beijing camp took these navy officers down.

"Master's wife, seeing that there is a Beijing camp at the pier, the belongings on the ship should be sent to the palace first. You and Sister Lin will take the rest of the people to stay in my house temporarily. After I meet the saint today, I will send them to the palace tomorrow. You go to Jia Mansion!" Jia Qiang saw the situation at the dock and turned to Jia Min and said.

"Master Jia is doing something for his master this time, so please don't interfere!" Xia Shouzhong reminded in a deep voice.

"This is the leader of the navy who attacked me in Jingkou. I will leave it to the custody of these two men!" Jia Qiang said to the two eunuchs.

"A damn thing!" When Xia Shouzhong saw Fudo Myoto, he couldn't help but go up and kick Fudo Myoto to vent his resentment.

If Jia Qiang brought back less wealth, like the more than one million taels of silver he brought back last time, the Supreme Emperor would not be moved at all.

The atmosphere on the pier was extremely depressing. The young eunuchs standing aside all lowered their heads, and no one made a sound. The sergeant from the Beijing camp in the distance was trying his best to reduce his presence.

"That's fine!" Jia Min nodded and replied.

"I've met the manager, I've met the internal minister, thank you both for coming to the dock to greet me in person!" Jia Qiang saw the two acquaintances and couldn't help but smile and stepped forward to greet them.

The prisoners who were sent off the ship were Huang Quanyi of Yangzhou Huangfu and Fudo Mingwang of the White Lotus Sect.

"I haven't seen you for a year, and you've grown taller again!" Dai Quan said enthusiastically first, without the slightest feeling that Jia Qiang was an outsider.

"Wrong, Sir Jia is doing things for Da Qian!" Dai Quan retorted lightly.

The Supreme Emperor really wanted to train Emperor Jingwen, but the premise was that Emperor Jingwen would not transfer power to Emperor Jingwen until he was too old to move, not when he was still strong.

However, Xia Shouzhong didn't think much about it, thinking that he was here for the massive wealth Jia Qiang brought back.

"Master asked me to come and take you into the palace!" Xia Shouzhong said with a smile.

Jia Min is a female family member, so she can't be exposed to the public, and Jia Yucun's status is too low, so Jia Qiang was the only one to step off the boat first.

The prisoners who were sent down first were twelve navy officers and one navy admiral.

As Dai Quan was a close relative of the Supreme Emperor and the internal minister of the Daming Palace, he usually only had others to please him. Apart from the Supreme Emperor, he had never been really close to even Emperor Jingwen, but he was very special to Jia Qiang.

"Prime Minister Dai, why do you have time to come here today?" Xia Shouzhong guessed his purpose, but still asked.

Along the way, various attacks were carried out for the sake of the wealth on board. Even if they destroyed two forts near Jingkou and seriously damaged twelve large battleships, they still could not stop the greedy man's madness.

She went there without any preparation. Although Rongguo Mansion was originally her home, she was married outside, so it was appropriate to make some preparations before going.

"Master Jia is back in Beijing today. I can be considered an old friend of his, so I am naturally here to welcome you!" Dai Quan replied with a smile.

The two powerful eunuchs stood on the dock and stopped talking to each other.

Even Xia Shouzhong, who was about to speak, was startled. He didn't expect Dai Quan to be so close.

Xia Shouzhong stared at Dai Quan, but unfortunately Dai Quan didn't care at all and let him stare.

"Finally we're here!" Jia Min said with lingering fear.

"Then take the prisoners down first and bring them back to the palace along with the property copied from Yangzhou Huang Mansion!" Jia Qiang nodded and said.

"Take him under custody and wait for the Holy Judgment!" Xia Shouzhong glanced at Dai Quan beside him and found that Dai Quan didn't speak, so he ordered in a deep voice.

Every time he thought about this matter, Xia Shouzhong thought about eating his flesh and drinking his blood.

"Take good care of him and keep him alive. I will let him taste the punishment in the palace!" Xia Shouzhong ordered with a fierce look in his eyes.

This time, the sergeant in the Beijing camp moved much louder, causing the muscles on Fudo Myoto's face to twitch. Jia Qiang's injuries on his body were not minor, and without treatment, any movement would cause unbearable pain, let alone Said he was treated like this.

Huang Quanyi and his family are better off. After all, they have given away such a large amount of wealth.

After that, it was time to unload the harvest from the ship, which required the help of the sergeants from the Beijing Camp. That is to say, there were many sergeants in the Beijing Camp, but it didn't take long.

Looking at the wealth piled on the dock like a hill, even if Xia Shouzhong and Dai Quan lived in the power center of Daqian, their eyes were blurred. "Master Jia, I wonder how many there are here?" Dai Quan asked at this time.

"Five million taels of cash silver, as well as jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings worth almost 30 million taels of silver, etc.!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile.

"Thirty million taels!" Dai Quan's eyes almost turned into the shape of copper coins. He swallowed and stared at the piles of boxes.

In fact, how much property there was was clearly written on the brochure. Jia Qiang didn't believe that Dai Quan didn't know.

Even if the excerpt he wrote was addressed to Emperor Jingwen, the content of the excerpt was absolutely clear regarding the Emperor's methods.

Carriages that had been prepared long ago drove over, escorted by sergeants from the Beijing Camp, and all belongings were moved onto the carriages.

Jia Qiang ordered her soldiers to escort Jia Min to her house.

He followed Cai Wen and the two eunuchs to the palace to pay errands to Emperor Jingwen.

Hundreds of carriages drove through the streets of the capital, attracting passersby who couldn't help but watch.

When they saw a string of prison cars, passers-by knew clearly where the important criminals had their homes confiscated and sent to Beijing.

"Which house was this stolen from? Why are there so many belongings?" one person asked.

"Isn't that much? Which girl in the capital doesn't get dozens or hundreds of carriages as a dowry?" Another person continued.

"How can it be compared like this? What kind of wealth can be sent to the palace? The furniture in that kind of dowry can be loaded into many carts. Look at the mahogany boxes on this carriage!" 's retorted.

"I heard that Yangzhou Salt Merchant Huang's home was ransacked. These should be the property of Huang Dashan!" The news in the capital was very well-informed, and someone told the origin of this convoy.

Amid the comments of passers-by, the carriage arrived in front of the palace.

Next, the eunuch will take over, and each piece of property will be re-registered, compared with the list sent by Jia Qiang, and then sent to the inner treasury.

Dai Quan stayed and watched each piece of property being registered and put into the warehouse. It was precisely for this purpose that he made this trip.

After entering the inner treasury, it is equivalent to entering the pocket of the Supreme Emperor.

If he didn't come, these 30 million taels of property would probably be pulled directly into the East Palace, and it would be difficult to enter the inner treasury.

It's hard for Xia Shouzhong to say anything, this is the rule.

Dai Quan did not allow five million taels of cash to be put into the treasury together, which was already a favor.

Of course, they all knew that the five million taels of cash were not all, and the remaining 6.6 million taels of silver were in Jia Qiang's possession.

Xia Shouzhong took Jia Qiang through the familiar passage and arrived at the East Palace.

Jia Qiang saw Emperor Jingwen standing there in front of the East Palace gate from a distance, with a smile on his face.

Emperor Jingwen was thinner than before he left, but his eyes were brighter and his demeanor was more regal.

"Your Majesty, Jia Qiang, has seen you!" Jia Qiang quickly stepped forward, knelt down and saluted.

"Jia Aiqing, get up quickly and come in with me!" Emperor Jingwen, with joy in his eyes, helped Jia Qiang up and pulled him into the East Palace.

"Hurry up and serve tea!" He ordered loudly as soon as he entered the hall.

"Your Majesty, how can this be done?" Jia Qiang bowed hurriedly and said.

"Thank you for your hard work this time. Sit down and talk to me about what happened in Jiangnan!" Emperor Jingwen said with a smile.

Although a booklet was sent, the content in the booklet cannot be compared to what Jia Qiang, the person involved, said personally.

Emperor Jingwen was so happy that he sent Jia Qiang to Yangzhou, mainly because he wanted Jia Qiang to leave the capital and avoid being missed by the Supreme Emperor.

Jia Qiang's martial arts is extremely strong, but she was too young before. Now a year later, the fifteen-year-old Jia Qiang is almost like an adult. She has also experienced Jiangnan affairs, so she can be of great use.

"Your Majesty, these are 6.6 million taels of silver notes, plus the 5 million taels of cash sent to the East Palace, for a total of 11.6 million taels of silver. In addition, there will be an income of millions of taels of silver every year from now on. !" Jia Qiang first took out the banknote and presented it to him, then explained in her mouth.

"What a capable minister, so many ministers have done nothing as much as the silver you brought back this time!" Emperor Jingwen laughed and took the banknote, sighing with emotion.

It is not true that he has no one under his command. The Emperor attaches great importance to the capital, so he has some arrangements in various places.

When he needed a lot of money to train his troops, getting money from those ministers was a drop in the bucket.

The last time Jia Qiang sent more than one million taels of silver, he allowed the 5,000 Beijing camp to start recruiting and training troops.

Emperor Jingwen now has 5,000 capital camps available in the palace.

This was compensated by the Supreme Emperor. He was almost killed by the White Lotus Sect, and the entire Beijing camp ran to protect the Supreme Emperor.

"I don't dare to be so boastful as the Holy One. In fact, this was assisted by the Salt Patrol Ambassador Lin, otherwise I would be alone in Jiangnan!" Jia Qiang couldn't take all the credit, he bowed and said.

"I heard that you are engaged to Lin Ruhai's daughter. Lin Ruhai can be considered a capable minister. I plan to ask him to return to the capital to help me after the new year. Then you and he will work hard for me!" Emperor Jingwen said with a smile.

Jia Qiang was overjoyed to get the exact news from Emperor Jingwen, so Lin Ruhai's return to Beijing was a foregone conclusion.

Although he threatened those big salt merchants in Yangzhou, if something really happened to Lin Ruhai, if he really wanted to kill those big salt merchants, he was afraid that the whole Daqian would be shaken.

The huge influence of the big salt merchants is enough to affect the entire Daqian.

The reason why Huang Quanyi could be solved so easily was because he colluded with the White Lotus Sect. If it were an ordinary White Lotus Sect, there might be room for change, but that was the Fudo Ming King.

Both the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Jingwen wished they could kill King Fudo with a thousand swords.

Regardless of whether Fudo Meiou entered the palace or not, the impact on Dakan was huge.

The dignity of the royal family has been greatly challenged. This loss of dignity is difficult to make up for and will make others less fearful and respectful of the royal family.

Usually when this kind of thing happens, it is when the royal family is weak. The Supreme Emperor and Emperor Jingwen will not think that the great cadre is weak.

In their view, only by catching Fudo Mingwang Mingzhengdian and punishing him can the dignity of Daqian be restored.

As for the Yangzhou Huang family, they were in conflict with the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Jingwen. Even the people behind them did not dare to say anything because no one in Daqian dared to challenge the majesty of the Supreme Emperor.

Jia Qiang told everything he had done in Jiangnan one by one, excluding some things that were inconvenient to mention, and did not stop until Xia Shouzhong reminded him that the palace door was about to be closed.

(End of this chapter)