Chapter 256 Thank you father for the marriage of your son and minister
From the end of April to May 20th, for more than 20 days, Jia Yun was reorganizing the Chang'an camp. This kind of rectification was complicated and troublesome, but fortunately he had the full support of Emperor Tianzhi.
After the reorganization of the Chang'an camp, apart from Jia Yun, the Chang'an Jiedu envoy, there was only one deputy general, Di Changping.
Although Lieutenant General Tang Yin surrendered voluntarily and was not charged, he was transferred out of Chang'an camp.
General Wan Bo was dismissed from office, and two other generals were transferred from Chang'an camp.
The escaping general Feng Biao was not caught. He had already prepared a way out for himself. In addition, when the man escaped, Jia Yun was busy reorganizing the Chang'an camp, so the man ran away without a trace.
He He, the former military camp staff general, was transferred to Chang'an camp staff general and was responsible for managing Chang'an camp, while Shun'an camp was managed by deputy general Di Changping.
Cao Wu and Tang Daqian were promoted to the fourth rank of Dusi. Cao Wu was transferred to the Chang'an Association to serve Jia Yun. At the same time, he took charge of hundreds of officers and soldiers from the guard camp.
Tang Daqian is responsible for managing the Chang'an Firearms Factory. Not only is he a close confidant of Jia Yun, he also knows a lot about firearms.
Jia Yun's residence in Chang'an City has not changed. She still lives in the original mansion and has not moved to Yun Mansion. Cao Wu and Tang Daqian no longer live with Jia Yun, but live in Chang'an Xie Camp and Chang'an Firearms Factory respectively.
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There is a Chang'an garrison in Chang'an City. However, when Yun Guang served as the military envoy of Chang'an, he usually stayed not in the garrison but in the Chang'an Xie camp. The same is true for Jia Yun now.
On the morning of May 18, at Jia Yun's summons, Tang Daqian came to Chang'an Xie Camp from Chang'an Firearms Factory, and walked into Jia Yun's "office" with Cao Wu.
After Jia Yun asked the two of them to sit down, she asked with a smile: "You have been camped in Chang'an for nearly three months and you haven't returned home yet. Do you miss your family?"
Cao Wu and Tang Daqian are both married. Cao Wu also has two sons and a daughter, and Tang Daqian also has a son. However, they have not returned to Shenjing City for nearly three months since they came to Chang'an Camp.
Cao Wu was a little embarrassed to respond to such a topic, but Tang Daqian smiled and said: "Of course I miss my parents, my wife and children, but since I have come to Chang'an Camp, I will inevitably owe something to my family for official duties."
Cao Wu then followed up and said: "Me too. Fortunately, I will have a rest in two days and can go home."
Jia Yun said: "I want you to rest for five days from the 26th to the 30th, and stay on duty at Chang'an Camp from the 21st to the 25th. Are you willing?"
In two days, it will be Jia Yun's rest period. Jia Yun gave up her rest last month, but she can't give up this month. Not only does she miss her family, but she also has some things to deal with back in Beijing.
This time Jia Yun did not plan to take a normal ten days of rest, but only five days of rest. It was said that it was a five-day break, two of which would be spent on the way back and forth.
Jia Yun didn't want to cause trouble in Chang'an camp while he was resting, so he planned to let Cao Wu and Tang Daqian rest for five days less. When he was resting, Cao Wu and Tang Daqian would stay in Chang'an camp.
Cao Wu smiled and said: "This matter is entirely up to the prince."
Tang Daqian smiled and said: "It seems that the reason why the prince summoned the two of us today is for this matter. Not to mention that the prince is willing to let the two of us take a break from bathing for five days. Even if he is not willing to let the two of us take a break from bathing for this month, the two of us are still
How dare you disobey?"
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Based on the friendship between you and me, I don't want to order you on this kind of thing, so I came to you specifically to discuss it. If you don't want to, I won't force you."
Cao Wu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, from now on, Daqian and I will make the final decision on the matter of taking a rest. We will do whatever your Majesty orders us to do."
Cao Wu, Tang Daqian and Jia Yun can be said to be brothers and sisters, and now they are all very grateful to Jia Yun. Together they can become the fourth-rank commander of Chang'an camp. Jia Yun's kindness is very great.
They also knew in their hearts that as long as they made great military achievements in the Chang'an Camp in the future, and with Jia Yun's care, both of them were likely to be promoted to the rank of third-rank general or even from the rank of second-rank deputy general.
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May 21st.
In the afternoon, Jia Yun returned to Shenjing City and immediately went to the palace to meet Emperor Tianzhi.
This was the first time Jia Yun met with Emperor Tianzhi after he captured Chang'an Camp. Naturally, the father and son had a detailed chat about Chang'an Camp, and Emperor Tianzhi did not hesitate to praise Jia Yun in person.
After talking about the Chang'an camp, Emperor Tianzhi suddenly asked: "Shi'er, you and Cheng Huanian have recently started selling soap, soap, shampoo, and cream together?"
Jia Yun said: "Yes, father."
Emperor Tianzhi said: "I heard from Cheng Huanian that these products are all prescriptions developed by you?"
Apparently, Emperor Tianzhi had already sent someone to look for Cheng Huanian.
Jia Yun said: "Yes, father."
Emperor Tianzhi had known for a long time that Jia Yun could develop products. Even so, he was still surprised this time.
There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Emperor Tianzhi's tone: "I heard that you gave these products to the women in your own house and the women in Rongguo House two months ago. Why don't you give some to me?
Let me give it to the female relatives in the palace?"
Jia Yun estimated that this matter was probably told to Emperor Tianzhi by spies in his palace, and responded: "To be honest with my father, I originally planned to give some to my father so that he could distribute them to the female relatives in the palace, and I also
I plan to give some to the royal grandmother."
"It's just that when Erchen developed these four products, although after repeated tests, people did not experience symptoms of physical discomfort when using them, but when these products were manufactured, Erchen was in Chang'an camp and could not take care of them, and the manufacturing matters were all
Cheng Huanian is in charge."
"The imperial grandmother and the female relatives in my father's palace are all very noble. I am worried that if these products are given to them, they will develop symptoms of physical discomfort after using these products. For example, their skin will be itchy after using soap.
, my sin is very serious, and I may even be falsely accused of malicious harm."
These are all true.
Jia Yun gave some products to the women in her own house and the women in the Rongguo Mansion. Even if they felt uncomfortable after using them, it would not matter. But if they were given to the empress dowager, empress and others, these people would feel uncomfortable after using them.
That's a big deal.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jia Yun has always been cautious. He knows that the battles in the palace are cruel, and the life experience of his sixth prince is unusual, so when he learned that he
He had already started to take precautions against this when he was a prince.
In his opinion, if he gave four products to Emperor Tianzhi and asked Emperor Tianzhi to give them to the concubines in the palace, even if these concubines had no symptoms of physical discomfort after using them, some of the concubines might deliberately cause discomfort and use this kind of products.
Conspiracy to deal with Jia Yun, the prince who suddenly appeared, and even deal with Duan Qingwan.
Emperor Tianzhi nodded after listening to Jia Yun's explanation. His expression was a little embarrassed: "Shi'er, for the sale of these four products, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will spend 10,000 taels of silver to account for 50% of the share. You
Are you willing?"
Emperor Tianzhi was indeed a little embarrassed. Although he was a very greedy emperor, his greed was not for his own selfish desires. He was not a greedy person.
At least, he never asked his princes for property, but always took good care of them.
But now, as Jia Yun's father, he was jealous of Jia Yun's business and wanted to "steal" 50% of the business. He himself felt embarrassed.
But he still had to do it. He had heard that the sale of these four products involved great interests.
The Qing Dynasty has now fallen into war. Although he has obtained a huge amount of property by expropriating money from the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou and corrupt officials involved in the Lianghuai Salt Industry, these properties must be used for military pay. His Ministry of Internal Affairs
It's been tough financially.
This time, it was the Ministry of Internal Affairs who proposed to him to "grab" Jia Yun's share of the business.
Originally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed that Emperor Tianzhi "grab" 60% of the share, but Emperor Tianzhi considered that he was already in debt to Jia Yun, the prince, and Jia Yun seized Chang'an camp and destroyed the rebellious Yun family, which was regarded as a settlement.
After making great efforts, Emperor Tianzhi decided to "grab" only 50% of the share.
Jia Yun paused and asked, "Why is my father interested in the business of these four products?"
Emperor Tianzhi was even more embarrassed, but he still confessed to Jia Yun that he hoped to improve the difficult financial situation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs through this transaction.
Jia Yun said: "Father, if it were someone else, let alone ten thousand taels of silver, even if it were one hundred thousand taels of silver for a 50% share, I would not agree."
"But since it is my father who has spoken, I will not refuse. It is a great honor for me to help my father improve the finances of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it also allows me to respect my father."
These words satisfied Emperor Tianzhi, who felt more affection for Jia Yun as a father and son, and rarely showed a smile in front of Jia Yun: "I am very pleased that Shi'er can think so."
Jia Yun immediately said: "In order for my father to earn more money with his 50% share, I hope that my father will issue an imperial order."
Emperor Tianzhi was confused: "What is the emperor's order?"
Jia Yun told Emperor Tianzhi in detail about the competitive situation in the business of pencils, colored pencils, pencil sharpeners, pencil erasers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, and toothpicks.
After these products became popular, other businessmen asked craftsmen to develop prescriptions. Behind these businessmen were high-ranking officials and even relatives of the emperor. As a result, Jia Yun and Cheng Hua made a lot of money when they were young.
Take the business of toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, and toothpicks. If there is no competition, Jia Yun and Cheng Huanian may earn 200,000 taels of silver a year with these four products. However, because of the great competition,
The two of them can only earn thirty to forty thousand taels of silver a year from this.
Jia Yun immediately said: "The interests involved in soap, soap, shampoo, and cream are much greater than those of toothbrushes. I estimate that other merchants will produce them in less than half a year. In this way, my father will
The money earned will be greatly reduced."
"So I hope that my father will issue an imperial order. Except for Cheng Huanian's factory, no one else is allowed to manufacture these four products. Violators will be severely punished. In this way, the 50% share of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is expected to be increased every year
Earn two hundred thousand taels or more of silver."
This is because the prices of soap, soap, shampoo, and cream are not low, and many people cannot afford them. Otherwise, the annual business profits from these four products would be at least one million taels of silver.
Emperor Tianzhi was very moved when he heard this. He originally thought that it would be great to earn one hundred thousand taels of silver per year with a 50% share, which would improve the financial situation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Emperor Tianzhi said decisively: "In this case, I have given this imperial order!!"
Jia Yun was excited.
In this way, although Emperor Tianzhi "robbed" 50% of the share this time, resulting in that he and Cheng Huanian only had 50% of the share, he would make much more after eliminating competition from others.
Jia Yun said: "Father, I have a private matter and I would like to ask for your permission."
Emperor Tianzhi asked: "What's the matter?"
Jia Yun said: "As early as February last year, I have already made an engagement with the daughter of the Xue family, and we agreed to get married this year. Now that my father has recognized me, the marriage should have been approved by my father, so I
I ask my father to allow my son and I to get married in August this year."
August has special meaning to Jia Yun. His crossing day is August 15th, and he has always celebrated his birthday on August 15th before.
Now his birthday is no longer August 15th, but the first day of September. Because Qingwan was born in early September, it means that Jia Yun’s real birthday in this life is the first day of September. Shuizhen originally arranged to exchange him.
His birthday was also tampered with.
Jia Yun had previously said that he would marry Xue Baochai in the second half of this year, and he wanted to marry in August.
Emperor Tianzhi paused and said: "Although the Xue family is a famous official family, it is no longer an official family, and you are already a prince. Are you still willing to marry a daughter of the Xue family?"
Jia Yun said: "Since we have already engaged, if we break off the engagement because my status has become noble, I will be ridiculed by everyone."
"I'm sorry to say it bluntly. As the prince of my father, I am already a wealthy and noble man. Now I only want to respect my father and serve the country with loyalty. I don't care that the princess I marry must be the right match for me."
Emperor Tianzhi nodded: "In that case, I have agreed to this marriage. Today I will ask the Ministry of Rites to choose an auspicious day in August, and then issue an order to go to the Xue family."
Jia Yun hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you, Father, for your marriage."
In fact, Emperor Tianzhi wished that the princess Jia Yun married did not have a strong natal family. He had no intention of letting Jia Yun inherit the throne in the future. However, Jia Yun was now the governor of Chang'an and had powerful military power. If Jia Yun married again,
For a princess whose natal family was powerful, Emperor Tianzhi would be very worried about Jia Yun taking over the throne in the future.
Moreover, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai had been engaged for a long time. Although the Qing Dynasty emphasized that they should be well-matched, it was not absolute. It was not uncommon for them not to be well-matched. What's more, the Xue family were not ordinary merchants but royal merchants, and they were also famous officials.
In fact, since ancient times, it has not been uncommon for the royal family to be incompatible with each other.
For example, Xu Pingjun was originally the daughter of a guilty minister, but she became the first queen of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
For example, Liu E was originally a poor orphan girl, but she became the third empress of Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, and even became the first heroine in the Song Dynasty to be crowned emperor, together with Wu Zetian and Empress Lu.
For example, Wan Zhen'er came from a humble background, but became the imperial concubine of Ming Xianzong.
And Jia Yun is just a prince who seems unlikely to inherit the throne at present, and he is a prince who has only been recognized by the emperor recently.
If the fourth prince Xia Yi or the eldest prince Xia Hao wanted to marry Xue Baochai as their princess, Emperor Tianzhi would not allow it.
After Jia Yun left, Emperor Tianzhi asked the Ministry of Rites to choose an auspicious day in August, and it was chosen on the eighth day of August. Immediately, Emperor Tianzhi drafted an imperial edict and prepared to send it to the Xue family who was living in Rongguo Mansion...