Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 145 Reward
In the Daming Palace, the Supreme Emperor was leaning on the Arhat bed.

"Is the Ningguo Mansion free now?" the Supreme Emperor asked Dai Quan who was standing aside.

"Master, Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion died suddenly a few months ago. Now Ningguo Mansion no longer has a male master!" Dai Quan replied respectfully.

Originally, Jia Zhen was not that easy to die, but Dai Quan knew what the Emperor was thinking and sent someone to help.

Afterwards, Dai Quan collected some money from the Jia Mansion before letting the Rongguo Mansion take Jia Zhen's body out for burial.

It can be seen how dark Dai Quan's heart is. He can take advantage of one thing several times, which not only suits the emperor's wishes, but also makes money for himself.

"This is well done. Ningguo Mansion needs some decorations. You can get some from the treasury!" The Supreme Emperor thought for a moment and then ordered.

"Master, how much do you want to take?" Dai Quan was a little unsure. There were no rules for this kind of thing before.

"It's all brought back by Jia Qiang. Don't be too stingy. Just take the one worth two million taels and tell your men not to be greedy for it!" The Supreme Emperor replied calmly, and gave a gentle reminder at the end.

This sentence made Dai Quan kneel on the ground with a thud, not daring to breathe.

Because the person who is promoted has the qualifications to be an official, this is the rule set by the literati.

When getting off the sedan chair, Xia Shouzhong held the imperial edict in his hand, and Dai Quan followed behind with a smile on his face.

As a member of the royal family, and even a direct member of the family, she should have had the opportunity to take over the throne, but fate has played a trick on her, and now Jia Qiang cannot even keep her royal surname.

Jia Min acted as the mistress of the house and began to direct and welcome the decree.

Dai Quan followed intentionally, but he knew how much the Emperor valued Jia Qiang, so he wanted to meet Jia Qiang no matter what, to see Jia Qiang's situation clearly before telling the Emperor.

As for Xia Shouzhong's discomfort, it was not Dai Quan's business to ask about.

"I had a cold yesterday, but I'm feeling better today!" the Supreme Emperor replied with a smile.

I have to say here that any official's house must theoretically meet its own grade, otherwise it will exceed the regulations.

He has his own ideas on how to reward Jia Qiang.

Emperor Jingwen was even more aware that his reward was too low. The Supreme Emperor would definitely use this opportunity to give Jia Qiang a higher reward. What would Jia Qiang think then?
The Supreme Emperor looked at the reward opinion in his hand, and he could see that Emperor Jingwen wanted to reuse Jia Qiang this time.

"Okay, aren't you just greedy for some money? There are just some things you can't touch!" The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and said as he didn't know Dai Quan's character.

In the morning, Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong rode in two small sedans and were escorted by a team of Beijing troops to the Jia Mansion in Jinyu Hutong.

If the reward is too low and Jia Qiang becomes angry, it will be difficult to recover.

Emperor Jingwen pretended to be relieved, but in fact he was helpless in his heart. The Supreme Emperor was still very strong.

As for the Ningguo Mansion, Emperor Jingwen didn't take it seriously at all. It was the Duke's house, and it was a bit over the top for Jia Qiang, but so what, the Supreme Emperor and he both agreed, and no one could say anything.

The way a saint governs people is that perfect people cannot control them. Only people with shortcomings can control them better.

The two houses of the Jia family are both under the public system. It is even said that the Jia family today only has a first-grade title and a fifth-grade official status, but it has the super-grade title of Jia Mu. The most important thing is that there are three ancestors of the Jia family. Only the Duke of the country can always live in the Ning and Rong mansions.

After presenting the incense case, Xia Shouzhong opened the imperial edict and everyone knelt down to receive it.

In addition to the nonsense in the imperial edict, the key point is that Jia Qiang was promoted to a noble title again, and she was promoted to a marquis all of a sudden.

In his opinion, if the eunuch is not greedy for money, should he be greedy for power?
Someone outside announced that Emperor Jingwen was coming. The Supreme Emperor signaled, and Dai Quan stood up from the ground and conveyed the order on behalf of the Supreme Emperor to let Emperor Jingwen in.

Although Jia Qiang is only fifteen years old now, Jia Qiang has already won the imperial examination. Although she is not yet an adult among literati, she can be regarded as an adult.

Except after the founding of the country, if you want to obtain the Duke and Marquis, you have to accomplish the great feat of destroying the country to achieve it.

"Father, how are you?" After Emperor Jingwen came in, he bowed to the Supreme Emperor and asked with concern.

He was directly promoted from the first-grade Viscount to the extra-grade Marquis, skipping the title of extra-grade earl.

Although the reward here seemed heavy, the Supreme Emperor did not feel that it was excessive. Instead, he felt that Jia Qiang deserved all this and the amount given was too little.

This kind of announcement of a decree in advance requires a strict ceremony, and one is used for the reward of holy grace.

Jia Qiang changed into the uniform of a first-grade Viscount. Butler Lao Shuntou ordered someone to open the middle door and sent a servant to watch from a distance.

When the imperial edict was read out, Jia Qiang was still in surprise. He never thought that the reward this time would be so generous.

The most important thing is that Emperor Jingwen knew that the Supreme Emperor had always wanted to win over Jia Qiang. The reason why he sent Jia Qiang to the south of the Yangtze River was not because Jia Qiang was too young and could not give a big reward, so he sent it there to avoid being taken advantage of by the Supreme Emperor.

First of all, it can't be lowered. In the past, Jia Qiang was suppressed because Jia Qiang was too small.

The combat power of these 5,000 Beijing Camps is not as good as other Beijing Camps. After all, the training time is too short and there is no good general to lead them.

Jia Min put on the Qipin imperial attire, and Lin Daiyu also put on festive clothes. They accompanied Jia Qiang to receive the order. As for the rest of the family, they really did not have the qualifications.

Like Daqian, there were only a few dukes and marquises who were awarded rewards at the founding of the country, but the number of earls was larger.

"Jing Wen, that's it for the reward, but I can't refuse the reward here. If the Ningguo Mansion is still vacant, give it to him. And since you are going to give him the command of the 5,000 Beijing troops, I will add another 5,000. Let’s make a total of 10,000 capital camps!” the Supreme Emperor said with a smile.

Early in the morning, a young eunuch came to deliver a message, asking Jia Qiang not to leave home and prepare to receive the order.

Emperor Jingwen was overjoyed when he heard this. He only had 5,000 Beijing troops in his hands, and he had recruited them later.

The Supreme Emperor could not give too much. He knew very well that giving too much would only bring disaster to Jia Qiang.

Unexpectedly, the Supreme Emperor was prepared to give Jia Qiang an extra five thousand capital camps. Although this part of the capital camps could not be regarded as his people, since they were in Jia Qiang's hands, they could still help a little if something happened.

Don't underestimate the distance between this earl and this is almost the highest title a military commander can get in peacetime.

"Father, I have something to disturb you today. Jia Qiang was ordered by the emperor to go to the south of the Yangtze River and made great contributions. This is the reward I have drawn up. Please give me your approval!" Emperor Jingwen took out the reward opinion that he had prepared for two days and presented it with both hands. Get on the road.

Besides, look at what Jia Qiang did in the south of the Yangtze River. She often killed thousands of enemies by one person, and even the warrior-level archer was killed by her. Emperor Jingwen must have this kind of force in his hands.

Jia Qiang brought back more than 10 million taels of cash, 30 million taels of treasure, and a way to earn money for Emperor Jingwen from Jiangnan. Although not all of these fell into the hands of Emperor Jingwen, they also made Emperor Jingwen Life has been much better.

In addition, he destroyed the Japanese pirates, the Salt Gang, the White Lotus, etc. in the south of the Yangtze River. With his continuous achievements added up, he should have met the conditions for becoming an earl.

But Emperor Jingwen was worried that if he really conferred the title of earl to Jia Qiang, the Emperor would most likely increase the title. In that case, he would be too passive. He might as well be directly promoted to Marquis. If the Emperor couldn't stand it, he would be insulting Jia Qiang if he wanted to demote her.

This also gave Jia Qiang an advantage, and her title was suddenly promoted to Marquis. The official position in the reward is military attache, starting from the second rank of deputy commander of the Beijing camp.

There is only one commander in the capital camp, but there are many deputy commanders. It doesn't matter if one more is added.

But Jia Qiang, the deputy commander, commanded 10,000 Beijing camp sergeants, which no deputy commander had.

There are only 40,000 sergeants in the eight guards of the Beijing camp. Now there is an extra guard of the new army, and Jia Qiang, the deputy commander, accounts for 10,000.

This is a practical position, with military power and rank. It means that the rank of a military attache is lowered to three ranks than that of a civilian official. But when it comes to official positions such as first and second ranks, the actual gap is not so big.

There were also some financial and industrial rewards, but Jia Qiang didn't care much about them.

However, Ningguo Mansion was given to him, which still surprised him.

"Do you two know what's going on in Ningguo Mansion now?" Jia Qiang asked after taking the banknote and giving it to Xia Shouzhong and Dai Quan.

He has a very good relationship with these two people. He saved Xia Guozhong's life and spent a lot of money on Dai Quan, so he didn't have much scruples when asked.

"You have to ask the internal minister about the matter in Ningguo Mansion!" Xia Shouzhong took a step aside and said.

Emperor Jingwen had no involvement in the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion. It was entirely the fault of the Supreme Emperor's family, and he had no idea.

"Ningguo Mansion, no, it should be called Marquis Jia's Mansion from now on. Now that there is no male master there, we can't drive out the previous female family members. After Jia Marquis took over, he disposed of it at will. Now it is being repaired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You can move in in three days at most!" Dai Quan replied with a smile while putting away the banknotes.

The original Ningguo Mansion was well maintained. After the palace was closed, all the servants were not idle. They could not leave the mansion, but they had to ensure that everything in the mansion was safe.

The renovation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs mainly involves replacing plaques and adding decorations worth two million silver.

"Thank you for informing me, and I'd like to invite you two in for tea!" Jia Qiang thanked and invited with a smile.

"No need, we still have something to do in the palace, don't bother us anymore!" Dai Quan glanced at Xia Shouzhong and said.

Both of them are busy people. Jia Qiang knew this when she invited them, so she didn't persuade them much.

After seeing off the people who announced the decree and returning to the mansion, Lin Daiyu picked up the official robes that were sent with her.

The official robe is a scarlet robe with a lion embroidered on it, as well as a second-grade official hat, belt, official boots, etc. This is just a symbolic set.

After a period of time, official robes for various occasions will be completed.

There is also the ceremonial robe of a superior marquis next to him, which makes him even more respectful.

Jia Min looked on with a smile on her face, and she looked at Lin Daiyu from time to time.

Perhaps Lin Daiyu has not thought that Jia Qiang will have a super-grade title, and when she gets married, she will become a super-grade lady. This is the highest honor for a Daqian woman.

Jia Min is really more and more satisfied with the husband she has chosen for her daughter.

With the title of Extraordinary Marquis, at least the next four or five generations will be able to enjoy the benefits of the title.

Of course, Jia Qiang's title has almost reached its peak. Unless he can really lead the troops to destroy the enemy country, he will be able to further become a superior prince.

Otherwise, no matter how many contributions he made, he would not be able to be promoted to the nobility again.

"Master's wife, it seems we won't be able to live here for long. We will move in three days!" Jia Qiang said to Jia Min.

"Brother Qiang, this place is very good. Why do you want to move?" Lin Daiyu asked with some confusion.

When she received the order, her mind was on other things and she did not hear clearly about another house.

Besides, in her opinion, the house in Jinyu Alley is good enough.

In the autumn garden, when the temperature is the lowest in the morning and evening, the hot springs in the garden will induce mist, making the garden as ethereal as a fairyland.

Lin Daiyu liked this very much, and it made her reluctant to leave.

"Let's move to the big house next to Rongguo Mansion. There is a garden there, which is bigger than the one here. Besides, you really like it here. You can come and stay for a few days when you have nothing to do!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile. road.

"That house was given by the Holy One. Your brother Qiang cannot disobey the Holy Order. The house must be moved!" Jia Min explained.

"Can you really come back to play?" Lin Daiyu looked at Jia Qiang with a pair of smart eyes, waiting for Jia Qiang's confirmation.

"Of course, you can come every day!" Jia Qiang nodded vigorously and replied.

Since the house in Jinyu Alley was given to him, it belongs to him, and even the palace cannot take it back without reason.

Jia Qiang also likes it here. It feels very good to study here.

Even if he lives in the Ningguo Mansion in the future, he will come back from time to time. There are not many hot springs in the capital, so he is extremely lucky to have this one.

"I can find some sisters to play with if I move here!" Lin Daiyu thought of the three sisters of the Jia family and said with a happy look on her face.

The three sisters of the Jia family are good-looking and have good literary talents. Although she is accompanied by several friends, she can't help but be happy when she thinks about being able to make new friends.

Jia Qiang smiled. She was still a child after all. Thinking of making good friends, she even forgot about the hot springs.

What he was even happier about was that Lin Daiyu was able to preserve her innocence and cuteness, and it was the changes he made that affected Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu in history is now crying every day.

"Master Mother, why don't you move the Lin Mansion here!" Jia Qiang thought of Lin Ruhai's body. The Lin family was naturally weak, and the hot springs here were of great benefit to Lin Ruhai, so he suggested.

"How can this be done? This is your house!" Jia Min shook her head and refused.

"Mother, I have no other relatives. The teacher and you are my relatives. The teacher is weak, and the winter in the capital is very cold. If you live here, the teacher can live a much more comfortable life!" Jia Qiang said Reason.

This time Jia Min was a little hesitant, maybe she wouldn't care about other things.

But when it came to Lin Ruhai's body, she thought of the benefits.

"Don't mention this in advance. I will discuss it with your teacher when he comes back!" Jia Min finally said.

(End of this chapter)