Daming Palace, side hall, inner study room

After Emperor Chongping dismissed the court, he returned to his inner study. He did not review the memorials. Instead, he held a cup of tea and sipped the tea with his head down. There was a beautifully bound book clearly placed on the mahogany table, which he was reading.

With.

The words "Three Kingdoms" are clearly visible on the blue cover. This book can almost be said to be one of the few recreational readings that Emperor Chongping used after his busy schedule.

At this moment, Xiang Daiquan from the Daming Palace came closer and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Military and Aircraft Jia Heng is asking for an audience outside the palace."

Emperor Chongping was surprised for a moment, took his eyes away from the book in his hand, looked up, and called out: "Xuan."

Not long after, Jia Heng entered the palace, paid homage to Emperor Chongping, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, regarding the situation of Mr. Li Ge in Peiping, Fei Ge sent a letter to Jinyi Mansion. After interpreting and compiling the military information, I also asked your Majesty to send it to you urgently."

Royal View."

As he spoke, he raised the book in his hands with both hands, handed it to the case in front of Emperor Chongping, and then slowly backed away.

This is a subsequent military intelligence report compiled by the generals of Jinyi Mansion based on the information sent by Fei Ge.

Emperor Chongping's eyes fell on the book in Jia Heng's hand. His heart moved. He reached out to pick it up and read it attentively.

After a while, the middle-aged emperor's cold and hard face was almost covered with frost, and he said in a deep voice: "Tang Kuan has been in Ji Town for several years. He was arrogant and cruel to the people. Due to border affairs, I decided to punish him.

I have tolerated it again and again, but I have been guarding Jizhou for several years, but my efforts have been fruitless. Previously, when the Eastern invaders invaded the northern border of the invaders, they even retreated to the city and watched the bandits wreak havoc. Now they are sent to the capital, where they should be handed over to the ministry for discussion and severe punishment will not be spared!"

Jia Heng listened to Emperor Chongping's angry words below with no expression on his face.

He secretly thought that if he worked hard and failed in the war against the captives, he would probably end up not much better than Tang Kuan.

As Emperor Chongping said this, he put the book aside, raised his head again and asked Jia Heng, and whispered: "Zi Yu, Ji Town is the gateway to Peiping, facing the barbarians. Now that Tang Kuan has been escorted to Beijing, Zi Yu has chosen Ji Town's general soldier.

, but if there is someone you like, who should take over?"

Jia Heng's face straightened, with a thoughtful look on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "I think we need to wait for Mr. Li Ge to sort out the people in Peking before we can make any calculations about this matter. Nowadays, many of the generals in Beijing are not familiar with the enemy's situation and need to be screened."

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As the commander-in-chief of the north, Li Zan was in charge of northern personnel affairs and was familiar with the defense of the north. Naturally, he had a stronger say in the commander-in-chief of Jizhen. Of course, he also had people in mind to recommend him, but in front of Emperor Chongping, he naturally still had to do so.

Mainly Li Zan.

Of course, as a military aircraft, he also has a greater say in hiring people.

Emperor Chongping nodded and said: "Then we will wait for Mr. Li Ge's memorial to be delivered and discuss the matter. You will also help inspect the matter in the capital and recommend good generals."

Since Tang Kuan was captured and sent to the capital, the channels in the Jinyi Mansion only gave a brief account of what happened, and Li Zan was bound to have to report to Emperor Chongping of Shu Chen about his arrangements for Peking's defense and the adjustments to the relevant generals.

Emperor Chongping suppressed the matter, looked at the young man in python suit across from him with a pair of calm eyes, and asked: "Your father-in-law Qin Ye, who was previously recommended by the court and recommended by the court officials, was moved to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zi Yu.

What do you think?"

When Jia Heng heard this, he looked surprised for a moment, paused and said: "I don't dare to say anything about the personnel of the six ministries. As for my father-in-law, even if I want to avoid suspicion, I can't say much."…

Because he originally thought that Emperor Chongping would put aside the recommendation and ask him for his opinion again. He didn't want to have already decided on the candidate, so the answer would be easier.

Emperor Chongping looked at the young man across from him and said: "Qin Ye is also your father-in-law. You should have some understanding of his character and conduct. There are only you and me, monarch and minister, so there is no need to keep silent."

Jia Heng frowned and said: "My father-in-law is over sixty years old. He worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Industry and became a doctor. I think he can do it, but I don't know much about it, so I dare not say anything.

Official, my father-in-law is as clean as water and has a breeze on his sleeves. I can vouch for this. My father-in-law has almost no money left in his family."

He must be honest and honest as an official, neither corrupt nor taking advantage of others, otherwise Qin Ye's family would not be so poor.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongping nodded and said: "Incorruptible as water, with a breeze on his sleeves, he is worthy of this. I don't know how much better than the ministers who have been recommended today. Now he is responsible for the Ministry of Works and is responsible for the affairs of the Ministry. If he can lead by example, he will come to work."

There will be no more matters regarding Gongling."

Jia Heng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty, for your trust."

After Emperor Chong Ping finished talking about Qin's business, he did not continue to go further and warned: "Now that Li Ge is in the north, it will take a lot of money and food to rectify the border affairs. The court must not be short of it. Recently, the Jinyi Mansion and the Internal Affairs Bureau

The government confiscated the property of officials and sold it in silver to put it into internal funds for allocation. You have to train your troops well recently. There is nothing major in the Military Aircraft Department now, so you can focus more on going to the capital camp."

Jia Heng's face straightened and he said: "I have been going to the capital camp frequently to supervise training in the past few days. The soldiers of the 12th regiment have been reorganized one after another, and the relevant troop levels have been replenished. However, there is a lack of actual combat. I will dispatch them according to my wishes."

Several groups of soldiers and horses are in Henan, Shandong and other places to suppress the bandits entrenched in the mountains and forests. Not long ago, the Henan Dusi reported that they were mobilizing the troops of the Dusi Guard Station to suppress the bandits in Jigong Mountain. I was thinking about the long sparse battle formations of the local guards.

, it may not be appropriate to swarm the army with the old, weak, sick and disabled. I am planning to send troops from the capital camp to Henan, firstly to practice the attack battle, and secondly to help suppress the bandits. I don’t know what the Lord’s intention is?”

The rectification of the Beijing camp has not stopped since Jia Heng took over as the military governor of the Beijing camp. Although he has not relaxed his supervision of military appearance and military discipline, after all, it has not been through actual combat, so it is difficult to say how much combat power it has.

Jia Heng's implication was to send soldiers from the Beijing camp to Henan to assist in the suppression and to train troops.

Emperor Chongping pondered for a moment and asked: "The Henan Dusi is currently suppressing arrests. I heard that the Fifth Army Command has also sent generals to Henan. Is it necessary to send more soldiers? You and Shi Jie's Military Aircraft Department will discuss this matter with the cabinet.

Let’s make further calculations.”

In this era, there was no custom of standing drills, so Jia Heng's proposal would probably not be approved by the cabinet.

After all, the capital of Henan has dispatched a large army of guards to suppress the bandits. The Beijing camp sending troops to Henan is tantamount to sending troops repeatedly. If it is not a waste of money and food, what is it?

When Jia Heng heard this, he frowned and was speechless for a moment.

In fact, he was also worried about the situation in Henan. Niu Jizong and some generals from the Fifth Army Governor's Office went to Henan to supervise the suppression of bandits. Others did not know, but he did not know what level Niu Jizong was?

I am slightly worried, I am afraid that the bandits will attack more and more, and if something unexpected happens, it will be difficult to deal with...

Now we have no choice but to turn around and ask Jinyi Mansion to send more manpower to Henan to investigate Henan affairs.

Emperor Chongping didn't know Jia Heng's hidden worries, so he also asked about the training of troops in the Beijing camp.

At noon, Jia Heng left the Daming Palace. Following Emperor Chongping's previous decree, he did not return to Wuying Palace. Instead, he planned to go back to the palace to have dinner. He would first go to Beijing Camp to stay for an afternoon, and then return to Wuying Palace in the evening.

The palace is on duty in a military aircraft.

Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall

At this moment, the hall is filled with red peach and green willows, surrounded by pearls and emeralds, and birds and birds gather together.

Jia Mu is sitting on the Arhat bed with a smile. Behind her are the maids Yuanyang and Hu Huo, who are holding their shoulders and serving tea. Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and Feng Wan are sitting in a row on the left side and on the embroidered pier on the right side.

, Chai Dai, welcoming the spring, exploring the spring, Yunxiu is sitting in a row, Baoyu is also sitting in front of Daiyu and Xiangyun.

In the past two days, because Jia Zheng came to entertain his colleagues from the Ministry of Industry who came to congratulate him, and because he was familiar with the various affairs of the General Affairs Department, he had no time to talk to Baoyu. Therefore, Baoyu finished the review and handed it over to Jia Heng for review, and Jia Heng won

He was allowed to pass the customs, but he didn't even go to the ancestral hall to kneel down.

At this moment, everyone in the Rongqing Hall cast curious eyes on an old woman wearing coarse clothes.

The old woman was wrapped in a blue turban, her hair was as silver as silver, and her face was full of grooves. When she smiled, even the folds on her face spread out, and several black gaping teeth appeared in her mouth.

It is Grandma Liu.

Last winter, because the family's livelihood was difficult, Grandma Liu and her grandson Ban'er came to Rongguo Mansion to look for Sister Feng. Sister Feng asked Ping'er to withdraw twenty taels of silver to Grandma Liu's family for the New Year.

During the Chinese New Year, Grandma Liu led Ban'er to see Sister Feng again and kowtow to Sister Feng. After that, more than two months passed in a flash.

In the past two days, Jia's mother was very happy because of Jia Zheng's promotion.

Sister Feng knew that Jia Mu liked to be lively, and it was quite interesting to see Grandma Liu talking and responding to her. Yesterday, she asked Zhou Rui's family to call Grandma Liu to come to the house to laugh and relieve Jia Mu's boredom.

Sure enough, Jia Mu met Grandma Liu and listened to her talk about farm affairs in the farmland. She was of a very high-spirited nature, with a kind face and a cheerful smile.

Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and others were also smiling and looking at the old woman intently. Even Mrs. Xing had recovered from the "sorrow" of Jia She's exile in the past few days.

Grandma Liu of silver.

This is probably due to a sense of superiority.

"My dear, how have the harvests been in the fields these past few years?" Jia Mu asked with a smile.

The smile on Grandma Liu's face faded a little and she said: "In the past few years, the weather has been unfavorable and the harvest has not been very good. This winter, there was a heavy snowfall. I guess it is a good sign. We farmers can only rely on the weather."

When it comes to eating, if God doesn’t do anything nice on this day, he’ll just eat and drink the northwest wind.”

Jia Mu nodded and said, "The weather is abnormal these days. It's very cold in winter, and the hot days in summer are extremely long."

"What your relatives said is that sometimes there is no snow in winter and it is dry and cold." Grandma Liu said with a smile, "It's better in summer. Although the sun is a little bit poisonous, you can bathe in the river in the farmland and catch fish.

Snails, touching fish or something.”…

Seeing Grandma Liu describing a pastoral scene, the girls were fascinated by it. Like Xiangyun and Daiyu, there was a look of yearning on their faces. Baoyu's face was even more startled, and he sighed: "Pastoral songs,

Go out early and come back late, this is what happens all your life, so you can take advantage of it."

Xiangyun smiled and said, "Brother Ai, are you going to be a hermit?"

When Baoyu heard the name "hermit", his face gradually turned bitter, and some painful memory fragments clearly emerged from the depths of his mind. The look on Man Yue's face became a bit unnatural for a moment.

At the beginning, Jia Heng once criticized Baoyu in the Rongqing Hall for saying "study is useless" and reprimanded Baoyu for being a worm in a vat with the words of a hermit. The words of the past were so fierce that they still linger in his ears, almost as a pain in Baoyu's memory.

Daiyu picked up the handkerchief and pursed her lips, her starry eyes sparkling as she also remembered the past.

Baochai turned to look at Baoyu, took the tea cup from Ying'er, lowered her head and took a sip.

Here, Grandma Liu smiled and said: "I heard that there was a happy event in my house not long ago?"

Jia Mu smiled and said, "My relatives also know?"

"I just heard about it, so I came here to feel happy." Grandma Liu said with a smile.

Mother Jia naturally liked hearing this, and she smiled and said, "It's not worth mentioning it all the time. It was originally promoted from the fifth rank, but now it has been promoted to the fourth rank."

Grandma Liu smiled with her black teeth showing sincerity, and asked: "We often talk about the Qipin County Grand Master. How big is the county magistrate when he travels? I don't know how big an official he is compared to the Seventh Grade.
To be continued...