After the imperial meeting, civil and military officials walked out of Fengtian Hall one after another.
Originally, Lin Shu planned to wait for Jia She and ask some questions, but he did not expect that Jia She was called away by the emperor.
"Mr. Ge, please slow down!"
Lin Shu saw Wei Qinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, about to cross the threshold, and quickly supported his arm.
"It's Jinyu, why haven't you left yet?"
Wei Qinghe had just walked out of the hall, and the dazzling sunlight outside the hall made him a little uncomfortable.
Lin Shu supported Wei Qinghe and walked forward slowly. As he walked, he said, "Xiaguan originally wanted to wait for Xianguan's uncle to ask some questions, but unexpectedly he was called by His Majesty."
"You are talking about Jia Enhou, he is such an interesting person." Wei Qinghe said with a smile: "Xian Rongguo Gong's eyes are really bright. After Jia Enhou made such a fuss, no one will dare to offend Rong Guofu easily in the future.
of people.”
In the past, Jia She would only stay at home and play with women, but now it is different. As long as he shamelessly rolls around in the Fengtian Palace, the emperor will take more care of him just for the sake of the late Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan.
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In the Qinzheng Hall, Jia She sat respectfully on a cotton stool, staring at the emperor with big eyes.
The emperor suddenly asked: "Jia Enhou, do you also think that I am a mean and unkind person?"
"I never thought that Your Majesty was a mean and unkind person..."
Before Jia She could finish his words, the emperor slapped his hand on the table: "Then what's going on between you and Jia Jing? One is hiding outside the city to make alchemy and practice Taoism, and the other is hiding at home playing with women. Why, I'm just going to
Does that scare you?"
"I'm guilty!" Jia She knelt down with a pop: "Prince...after that incident, some people have been keeping an eye on me. If I dare to take any action, Rongguo Mansion will be reduced to ashes. I don't dare, Rongguo Mansion cannot be destroyed.
In my hands."
The emperor walked up to Jia She and helped him up: "Well, I also understand the situation you were in at that time. Not to mention you, I was also trembling. If you are not careful, all your efforts will be wasted."
The emperor and his ministers sat down again, and Xia Shouzhong served tea to them. The emperor looked at Jia She, whose temples were turning gray, and lamented the impermanence of the world.
"I have received what you asked Lao Jiu to lead. I called you here today because I want you to come out of the mountain again and take charge of Zuoweiwei's troops for me."
Um?
Jia She had a look of disbelief on his face and his eyes widened in shock: "Your Majesty, do you want me to take charge of the Zuowei Guard? That is a forbidden army of 12,000 people."
The emperor nodded and said solemnly: "Yes, it is Zuo Weiwei. I have many people who can be used, but you are the most suitable."
"Is it because of Wang Ziteng?" Jia She was not a fool. When he heard the three most suitable words, he thought of what it was for.
When Jia Daishan was in Beijing, he had always been the chief general of Zuoweiwei. Therefore, Rongguofu's reputation among Zuoweiwei was extremely high.
Wang Ziteng once relied on the power of the Rongguo Mansion to secure his position as the Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp. The emperor's influence in the army was limited. If he wanted to regain control of the Beijing Camp from Wang Ziteng, he would need the support of Wu Xun.
Jia She, the current head of the Rongguo Mansion, is an excellent candidate. Although his reputation is not very good, the emperor knows the inside story. Seeing that the emperor's health is getting worse day by day, there is not much time left for him. If he does not take action, he will still
I was really afraid that when the mountain collapsed, those people would kill me and enter the palace.
The emperor said bluntly: "Old Twelve has the support of Wang Ziteng and has won over many generals in the Forbidden Army. Now they want to extend their hands to Zuoweiwei again. If I don't take action, I'm afraid I won't even be able to sleep well."
Although the emperor told Jia She the reason, he still hesitated: "The way I look now, are you really confident that I can lead the army?"
"If Marquis Jia En can't even lead a guard, wouldn't it mean that the prince and the emperor trusted the wrong person back then? Well, this matter is settled. I will ask the cabinet to draft a decree later. You go back and prepare it.
Bar."
The emperor directly set the tone, and Jia She had no choice but to bow down and accept the order: "I will obey your Majesty's will. I will go back and make preparations now to take office as soon as possible."
"Go and take control of this elite army for me as soon as possible..." The emperor gave Jia She a few words and let him leave the palace.
After Jia She left, Xia Shouzhong asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for talking too much. Concubine Xian was born in the Rongguo Mansion after all. Now that General Jia is in charge of Zuoweiwei, isn't it...a matter for a foreign relative? It has to be done."
Be on guard."
The emperor smiled, opened a memorial and began to review it. He casually wrote the word "read" and threw it aside.
"Daban, compared to the elite soldiers of the two towns in the nine-border town, which one do you think is more terrifying, the almost empty position of General Zuo Weiwei?"
Xia Shouzhong thought for a moment and suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is wise, but this servant is too worried."
The land of Shaanxi and Gansu has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It borders the Central Plains to the east, the Western Regions to the west, the grasslands to the north, and Sichuan and Shu to the south.
Jia She handed over all the troops of the Rongguo Mansion in Yansui Town and Guyuan Town to the emperor, which directly gave the emperor two more high-quality products from the towns under his command.
At the same time, the emperor was allowed to seize the key point of Xining County Prince's Mansion, which was the food route. Without the supplies from the Central Plains, relying only on the harvest in the Hehuang Valley, the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Xining County Prince could not even hope to fill their stomachs.
Moreover, if Jia She takes over Zuoweiwei, even if it is only in name, he can command at least half of the loyalty with the help of Rongguo Mansion.
When the emperor continues to place his troops in the Zuoweiwei, it will take at least two years for the emperor to completely control the elite Zuoweiwei, one of the twelve guards.
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But when Lin Shu returned to the cabinet, Wei Qinghe asked his scribes to bring him a lot of information.
"Mr. Ge said that these are memorials to the water conditions in various places in Henan. Let Academician Lin take a look at them more."
Lin Shu nodded and signaled the scribe to step back.
Then he opened several of them and looked at them. Most of them were requests for help, and the amount of gold and silver required ranged from one hundred thousand to one million.
"Are these people crazy about money?"
If Lin Shu hadn't known the inside story, he would have been deceived by the tragic scene painted by these people.
Henan is really miserable, but it is definitely not to the extent that the central government needs to allocate funds again. Last month, the Ministry of Revenue just allocated 1 million silver to the Chief Envoy of Henan. In just a short time, the people affected by the disaster have donated a million dollars. One million taels of silver gone?
He took out a piece of paper and began to extract useful information from the pile of memorials and compare them.
For example, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, Luoyang and Weihui Prefecture were all seriously affected by the disaster, and even a large number of beggars appeared under Weihui Prefecture. Zhang Jing, the prefect of Weihui Prefecture, asked the emperor to allow Weihui Prefecture to open Changpingcang. Open a warehouse to store grain.
Lin Shu's eyes suddenly focused on a memorial: "Starting from late April in the eighth year of Autonomous Germany, heavy rain poured down in Henan Prefecture for several days, and the Yellow River embankment breached several times... By the time the officials and the people worked together to block the breach, the floods had killed tens of thousands of people. Homeless.”
Lin Shu picked out several memorials, opened them and lined them up, staring at the water levels reported by Henan Prefecture located upstream and Kaifeng Prefecture located downstream.
"It's strange. It's been raining heavily upstream for several days, but the water level downstream is not as high as upstream. It's even calm. Could it be that the water that came up from the sky has been taken back by God?"
This chapter has been completed!