The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 290 The Troubled Jia Min
Li Yuan was thinking about what the emperor meant when the Minister of the Ministry of Officials spoke again.

"Your majesty is holy. This Jia Min is indeed a talent in our court. According to Jia Min, if he can subdue those grassland tribes and set up three prefectures and eighteen counties there, all the donated officials in our official department will be able to get it." Once settled, the imperial court will receive a large donation again."

The so-called donation is to buy officials' money.

In fact, the Dade Dynasty is not just the Dade Dynasty. In almost all dynasties in history, this phenomenon and system of paying for officials from the court existed.

This kind of system is different from the general illegal buying and selling of officials, it is legal.It is a method adopted by the imperial court to increase income and open up financial resources.

Officials of the Dade Dynasty generally come from three channels.

The first way is the imperial examination.This is based on real ability to pass the exam.This is the mainstream, the most formal, and the largest in number.

The second way is hereditary, also known as Yinguan.He became an official with the glory of his ancestors.Jia Zheng, for example, is this way.

The third way is to donate and lose, that is, to buy officials with money.For example, Lai Shangrong, Lai Da's son.

The imperial examination is the right way to become an official.As long as you pass the exam, you will be an official sooner or later.Even if you wait, you won't be able to wait long.

However, Yin officials and donated officials are not necessarily the same.Unless there is really a vacancy, officials with imperial examination backgrounds will be given priority.

Therefore, some donated officials may not be officials for a lifetime, but only have a name.

In Jia Min's memorial, he described a bright future to the court.

After he surrendered the North and South Wendura Grasslands, he would set up prefectures and counties on the grasslands in accordance with the provisions of the "Windura Covenant", which would be governed by civilian officials stationed by the imperial court and implement the same system as the mainland.

Jia Min initially planned to set up three prefectures and eighteen counties.A large number of officials will be needed if the plan is to be realized at all.

At present, the Ministry of Officials has a large number of donated officials and Yin officials waiting to find positions, so the Minister of the Ministry of Officials said this.

In fact, neither the Minister of Rites nor the Minister of Hubu thought that Jia Min could do this.But they still said so.

This is not only to please the emperor, but also to attack Li Yuan.Jia Min is successful, and they enjoy it.No, they have nothing to lose.

"Li Aiqing, you see that there is a place to spend money, and the officials are all ready, when will you be able to finish the errand?"

The emperor spoke again.

How can this depend on me?I'm working hard as an official at home, and it's Jia Min who caused trouble because of his mischief. If you don't go to him, you will rely on me instead.

"Your Majesty, Jia Min also said in the booklet that he asked for an additional [-] troops. He will finish the job before winter. But it is impossible to increase the troops now. Minister Zuo Siyou Thinking about it, we can only gather [-] troops, which is far from [-]."

"So, I think that Jia Min's move is not feasible because he is young and energetic, and he is very happy. He himself said that he has been fighting with the four major tribes, and he has been defeated repeatedly. I think that the emperor should issue a decree. Forget about Jia Min’s official. At the very least, an order should be issued to reprimand Jia Min and tell him to keep his own place.”

"It's not a bad idea to change Jia Min's official position. It's just that he has been called back. Who should he call? You said that he has been defeated repeatedly. I read his notes. That's not what he wrote. He wrote repeatedly. He has been defeated repeatedly. Look, this kid from the Jia family has made such a big mess, and he is justified. After repeated defeats and repeated battles, it seems that he is working hard there, and everyone else is watching the fun."

"As for reprimanding, there is no need for it. It is not easy to guard the border in Nabukui's extreme northern bitter cold. Thinking of his loyalty to the king and serving the country, if I reprimand him, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers."

"Tell him that it's good to make meritorious deeds, but don't be overjoyed. As for the tribute and the establishment of prefectures and counties, I don't expect that. If he gets a little by chance, let him spend it on Pu Kui's military expenses. If he is lucky Even better, if he wins one or two counties, he doesn’t need to send someone from the imperial court, he can just choose someone at random.”

"Your majesty is wise. Your minister complies."

Seeing that the emperor finally let go, Li Yuansheng was afraid that the emperor would go back on his word, so he quickly stared at him.

"Then Jia Min is a bit reckless in doing things, but after a few months of training, he dared to fight against the grassland cavalry, which is quite courageous. It's just that I have heard a lot of gossip about how the other soldiers are training. I heard that Some descendants of aristocratic families just pretend to be famous, but in fact they didn’t train soldiers at all, you should go and investigate this matter.”

"The minister obeys the order."

This time, Li Yuan's answer was not so straightforward.

It is possible to check, but this is really an offending job.

"Also, I heard that Jia Min made some kind of Best Prodigal Award in their mansion last year. You tell Jia Min, if you don't care about things in the future, I will also set up an award for Best Prodigal Minister this year, and this year this award will belong to him. Presumably, the love ministers will also vote for him."

All the ministers have heard about Jia Min's annual meeting in Jia's mansion.Especially the Best Prodigal Award, which is well-known among various officials and noble families.

Some families even plan to follow the gourd painting and set up such awards in their own families to alert their children.

Now that the emperor mentioned this matter, they didn't all take it as a joke.They still know the emperor's temper.Maybe such an award will really be established.

However, they didn't worry too much about it. Even if the award was really set up, they would just vote for Jia Min together.

Anyway, he was young, and he was in a place where Bukuna didn't shit, so even if he was bullied, he wasn't afraid.

Regarding Bu Kui's matter, even if it's done.Sorting out the context of this matter, Jia Min was so overjoyed that he drew a big cake, and finally couldn't move it by himself, and then asked the imperial court for reinforcements.Fortunately, the emperor was kind, so he was not dismissed and investigated.

As for Jia Min's request to the court to increase the number of troops, it was of course nothing.

However, everyone knew that the official career of Jia Min, Wu Tanhua, might be cast a shadow from now on.

None of the ministers delved into the matter, not because they didn't want to pursue it, but because they didn't think it was necessary to pursue it.

It's fine if it's a fat job, but no one wants to go to Bu Kui's job. It's not easy to catch a Jia Min to go to the pit.If you continue to pursue this, it will seem a little unreasonable.

The court was over, Ji Mingluan was walking, and Wang Shuirong of Beijing Jing chased him up from behind.

"Master Ji, I would like to treat you to tea, can you save me?"

"It's a great honor for me to be invited by the king of Beijing Jing, so please don't bother me."

The two of them walked straight ahead, exited the Zhengyang Gate, and came to Dashilan.Sit down in a teahouse called "Tiexi" and drink tea while ordering breakfast.

"Scholar Ji, why didn't you speak up for Jia Huaiyuan today?"

Shui Rong knew about the relationship between Ji Mingluan and Jia Min, and saw that Ji Mingluan did not speak for Jia Min in court, so he asked this question.

"There is nothing to say. This ending is also the best result."

"Scholar Ji is confident, but I have many puzzles."

"The matter has been clarified, what questions does Prince Jing have?"

"Although I don't have much friendship with Jia Huaiyuan, and I haven't had much contact with him, I have been paying attention to this person's behavior for a long time. I also have a lot of contacts with other people in Jia's mansion. It's quite unreasonable, not like his style of doing things."

When Shui Rong said this, Ji Mingluan was a little startled: Everyone said that Shui Rong is not an easy person, and it really makes sense.Did he see Huaiyuan's real intention?

"Why did King Beijing say that? I don't think there is anything wrong. Although Huaiyuan has talent, he is still too young after all. It's not necessarily true that he will be very happy. I'm afraid there is a desire to make achievements. I'm afraid that when I'm in an impetuous mood, I can't help but do things." It’s time to think about it.”

"To be honest, I have very good friendships with Jia She, Jia Lian, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and others in Jia's mansion. I once discussed Jia Huaiyuan with them. My impression is that Huaiyuan Everything you do is planned.”

"According to people in his own house, the more absurd and impossible the things Jia Huaiyuan did, the more he could do it. Could it be the same this time?"

"I hope he does too, but with his few troops, how do you think he can do it? Those prairie cavalry are not bandits from Wulong Mountain."

"I thought Grandma Ji would know some inside information, but it turned out that he was similar to me, but it made the Grandmaster laugh."

"Prince Beijing Jing is being polite. I didn't intend to hide it, but I really don't know more."

In fact, Master Ji still knows something that others don't.

When Jia Min played, he also sent him a letter.In addition to introducing the general situation of myself in Bukui, the main point is to ask Master Ji not to stand up and speak for him when he is in court, and let everything take its course.

Although Ji Mingluan didn't understand this, but since Jia Min said so, he didn't have to ask for trouble anymore.

However, he was still puzzled as to why Jia Min did this.

The thing is obvious there, an army of less than 2000 people is definitely not an opponent of the prairie cavalry.Even if the two parties reconcile in the end, the tribute and the establishment of prefectures and counties will be over.

Moreover, judging from today's court meeting, the court obviously didn't care about Bu Kui's affairs at all.It was impossible to increase the number of troops, and he was not interested in taxation and state and county affairs, which somewhat meant that Jia Min was left to fend for himself in Bukui.

Therefore, even though Jia Min said that he had a reason for doing things, Ji Mingluan couldn't see how Jia Min would recover.

After eating breakfast and drinking tea for a while, Ji Mingluan and Prince Jing went their separate ways.

Wang Youzi of Beijing Jing was full of doubts about this, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out why Jia Min would do this.It's fine for ordinary people, it doesn't make sense for someone as smart as Jia Min to do such a stupid thing.

Naturally, Ji Mingluan couldn't figure it out, but he is a relatively open-minded person.If you can't figure it out, you don't want to.He was going to go back and write a letter to Jia Min, reminding Jia Min that things should be done step by step and not too ambitious.

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