The Supreme Emperor chatted with Jia Lian for a while, and then asked angrily:
"What does Jia Qing think of Annan?"
Jia Lian raised his head, glanced at the Supreme Emperor, and replied: "Annan is rich in products, with three crops a year, and it is also rich in spices. It is indeed a rare treasure."
"Oh? Jia Qing, what do you think if the royal family takes over this place?"
"Of course this is a good thing. The land of Annan is close to Daqing. If it can be controlled by the imperial court and connected together, it will naturally be a good thing. However, Your Majesty still needs to pay attention to the way he treats the people of Annan. The old things in the future are close at hand and must be guarded against.
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"Jia Qing might as well say it directly."
"Hey, if Emperor Yongle of the former Ming Dynasty treated the people of Annan as the people of Daqing, it would be extremely difficult to surrender them.
I wonder if your Majesty has ever heard how those Westerners govern the local people in Tianzhu, Batavia, Fojo and Luzon."
The Supreme Emperor pondered for a moment: "It's not that I don't know, but if I act like this, I'm afraid the ministers in the court will start arguing again."
"The so-called use of barbarians to control barbarians means that if you want to govern the barbarians well, you must use barbarian policies and be treated differently from our own people. Otherwise, even if the imperial court occupies Annan, the incident of Ming Xuanzong's withdrawal from Annan will probably happen again in our dynasty.
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"Is it necessary?"
"It has to be this way!"
In fact, it is not necessary to use a colonial-like policy to rule Annan, but it is undeniable that this is the most labor-saving and fastest way to completely incorporate the land of Annan into the territory of Daqing.
It only takes one or two generations at most...
Obviously, at present, the Annan Allied Forces, headed by the Prince of Yizhong County, mostly acquiesce in ruling the occupied areas in accordance with Daqing's domestic laws and regulations.
They did not fully consider the local national conditions, at least they did not try to win over the local people to fight against the two original royal families of Annam with the surname Ruan.
The reason for the defeat this time is said to be because the two families with the surname Ruan began to cooperate in depth...
From the current situation, it seems that if there is no subsequent external intervention, after the Annan royal family completes the alliance, it is really possible to form a confrontation with the Annan coalition army of King Uizhong.
Although Daqing's Annan Alliance Army did gain many benefits in Annan in the early stage and occupied a large area of fertile land, if these lands cannot form a stable environment for people to farm with peace of mind, their value will be greatly reduced.
At least there is a question mark as to whether the several big families who had already made a fortune following Prince Yi Zhong will continue to invest more.
The Supreme Emperor obviously also understood that Emperor Baode, who had the power in Daqing, was obviously not willing to give any more to Prince Yizhong.
Then, there are not many forces that can break the situation in Annan and are willing to break it.
The Supreme Emperor came to Jia Lian today, obviously hoping that he would take action, and Jia Lian's intention was also very clear.
That is, instead of a royal clan prince occupying Annan, it is better to let the Daqing court occupy Annan. After all, it is too close to the mainland.
How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?
Unless the Daqing court personally controls this land, it will not be appropriate for any other family or clan prince to occupy the land of Annan.
It is possible that in the near future, it will cause trouble for future generations and lead to civil war.
As for the prince of Yi Zhong County, he may say that he first defeated Annan, and after developing and accumulating strength for a period of time, he had enough strength to expand abroad and then return Annan to the court or something.
Jia Lian even suspected that the reason why this righteous loyalty was able to get the support of the Supreme Emperor and even allow the Supreme Emperor to come forward to find out Jia Lian's wishes was because of this expression.
The Supreme Emperor pondered again for a long time, Jia Lian was not in a hurry, and slowly sipped the fragrant tea in Longshou Palace, just at this moment Emperor Baode came unexpectedly.
After the announcement, the Supreme Emperor had someone call him in. Jia Lian also stood up and waited for Emperor Baode to greet the Supreme Emperor before bowing to Emperor Baode.
"Jia Qing is exempt from the courtesy."
When he sat down again, he heard Emperor Baode greeting the Supreme Emperor's body, but saw the Supreme Emperor wave his hand.
"Your Majesty is interested. It's not a big problem for me. You came just in time. Jia Qing and I are talking about Annan."
"Oh? Annan? Isn't it that Yi Zhong is leading the attack over there? What, something happened?"
Jia Lian glanced at the innocent-looking Emperor Baode. Didn't he know that Prince Yizhong suffered a defeat in Annan?
Obviously impossible, this is probably a subtle expression of dissatisfaction to the Supreme Emperor.
The Supreme Emperor glanced at Emperor Baode indifferently, but he was not angry at all.
"Annan has suffered a small defeat for the time being, but this has nothing to do with today's discussion. What I just discussed with Jia Qing is whether to directly incorporate Annan into the territory of the Daqing Dynasty."
"oh?"
When Emperor Baode heard this, his eyebrows jumped, he glanced at the Supreme Emperor quietly, and then looked at Jia Lian.
Jia Lian nodded calmly: "Although the policy of opening up the sea is my wish, we cannot allow others to sleep soundly on the so-called couch.
I believe that the land of Annan is too close to our territory of Daqing after all, so it would be a good idea for future generations to have further disputes, so it would be better to directly bring it under the jurisdiction of Daqing."
"Well~ Jia Qing is indeed a model of honorable minister for my Daqing. He considers everything for my Daqing. It's just that this land of Annan is really difficult to control."
"The Supreme Emperor was also worried about this just now, so I suggest that we learn from the colonial policies of the Westerners towards the barbarians!"
"Colonial strategy?"
"Your Majesty, it is like this...such and such..."
"Is this... going too far? The ministers in the DPRK are just afraid..."
"Your Majesty, if you can accomplish what the former Emperor Yongle and Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty were unable to do, it will be more than enough to expand the territory and leave a name in history!
As for those ministers, as long as they can resolutely implement this colonial policy, there is no harm in selecting more people from their families to serve as officials in Annan!"
Isn't the reason why the civil servants are so noisy because they are worried that after occupying Annan, all the benefits will go to the generals, and it is possible that Wu Xun's power will rapidly expand and become stronger?
Then let's have a good time, and send more officials from among the civil servants to Annan to implement the colonial policy, so that they can get some benefits.
Emperor Baode thought for a while and felt that it was generally feasible, but he still said to the Emperor:
"Father, at this time half of the land of Annan has been occupied by that kid Yi Zhong. Will the imperial court take action at this time..."
If the Daqing Dynasty decides to change its strategy towards Annan, Prince Yizhong will indeed need to make some arrangements, so naturally it would be better to ask the Supreme Emperor to come forward.
"Well, I will write to Yi Zhong, but Emperor! Yi Zhong is your eldest nephew after all, so you can't treat him lightly~"
"My son understands, and my father can rest assured. After the imperial court captures Annan, it can give Yi Zhong 30 years. After 30 years, the imperial court will gradually take back the small half of Anneng territory that Yi Zhong currently occupies."
Seeing the father and son deciding Annan's future situation with their own words, Jia Lian just smiled lightly and said nothing.
The countries in the West have obviously been mobilizing their forces to attack the Far East in recent years. It is best not to use the [Jia Lian Army]'s strength if possible. It is only reasonable to reserve it to deal with the Western countries.
Besides, Daqing's army has not fought a major war for decades, so it would be a good thing to let them practice their skills with Annan.
The next step was the interaction of interests between Emperor Baode himself and Prince Yizhong, as well as civil servants and military forces. Jia Lian had no need to interfere, so he left when the two emperors were about to convene ministers to discuss the matter.
This time, the Supreme Emperor did not persuade him to stay. Although Jia Lian did not help Prince Yizhong as he wished, he did give a feasible suggestion to solve Annan.
In fact, if Prince Yizhong occupied Annan, he would not give Daqing a safe land as promised. The Emperor had no hope from the beginning.
After all, he himself came from such an ambitious age, so how could he not know the thoughts of Prince Yi Zhong.
He just hoped that his descendant, Yuan Sun, could have a chance to escape his tragic fate, and wanted to accomplish this before he reached a period of low energy.
Let Prince Yizhong have some strength to protect himself...
Afterwards, Jia Lian ignored the discussion between the father and son emperors in the palace. He also had other things to be busy with.
After Ziwei passed away, Aunt Xue of the Xue family spent the New Year in Jinling with her two children. After receiving a reply from her sister Jia Wang, she began to prepare for the trip.
After months of trekking, we finally arrived at Shenjing City in mid-April.
On this day, the West Road courtyard of Rongguo Mansion suddenly became lively. Wang received news that Aunt Xue and her children had arrived outside the gate of Rongguo Mansion.
Overjoyed, he immediately led his daughter-in-law Li Wan and a group of maids and women to welcome Aunt Xue and her family in.
When the sisters met in their later years, they naturally had a mixture of sadness and joy, and they had a lot of laughs and tears.
After Wang's mood calmed down a little, he hurriedly invited Aunt Xue and her two children to Rongqing Hall to visit the old lady Jia Mu, and offered various favors and gifts.
The old lady of Rongqingtang had received the news a long time ago. Seeing that it was a relative who was coming, she naturally welcomed him with enthusiasm. When the servants saw him, they started to arrange a table to welcome the guests.
Taking advantage of this time, Xue Pan showed up at Rongqing Hall, then returned to the West Road Courtyard to visit Jia Zheng, and was led by Jia Zheng, his uncle, to the East Mansion to visit Jia Zhen.
Jia Zheng should not have been responsible for receiving Xue Pan in this way, but his son Jia Zhu died young and Baoyu was still too young. In addition, Jia Zheng had recently become accustomed to running errands for Jia Lian, so he did it naturally.
Already.
This made Xue Pan a little flattered. He was already sixteen this year, so there was no reason to crowd around a bunch of women and children in Rongqing Hall.
So he sat obediently next to Jia Zheng. Finally, Jia Zheng set a table in the West Road Courtyard and invited Jia Zhen and Jia Lian to the banquet.
Jia She went overseas to Nanyang and was not at home, so naturally nothing happened to him.
At this time, Xue Pan looked like a chubby little boy with a pink and tender face, but there was a hint of anger between his eyebrows.
In front of everyone in the Jia family, he never showed arrogance or anything.
Especially after feeling his uncle Jia Zheng's even somewhat respectful attitude towards Jia Lian, Xue Pan had a rough idea of Jia Lian's position as the head of the Rongguo Mansion who was not a few years older than him but inherited the title of Duke.
impression.
At the same time, he saw that Jia Lian seemed to have a gentle attitude and was extremely handsome, and he felt deep down that he would have to put more effort into pleasing this old man in the future.
It would be best if he could be freed from the discipline of his uncle Jia Zheng...
Unexpectedly, Jia Lian looked Xue Pan up and down and suddenly said:
"I have already sent people to inquire about Wen Long's lawsuit in Jinling. It seems that it is not entirely Wen Long's fault. The man named Feng is older than Wen Long and usually does evil things and has a bad style.
But Wen Longyou beat him to death after all, so the compensation of tens of thousands of taels of silver should be regarded as a lesson, but in the end the gain outweighed the losses. Wen Long, you should think more carefully about your future actions."
Speaking of which, Feng Yuan was really unlucky. Xiangling, the fuse, never appeared in Jinling, but he still died at the hands of Xue Pan.
The cause was also because of a maid, but the slightly different thing this time was that the maid and Ren Yazi were actually in the same group.
After defrauding both parties of their money, the two men packed up and ran away together, leaving behind Feng Yuan and Xue Pan who were both in a very bad mood.
Then the two had a conflict over a quarrel, and Xue Pan led his men to beat Feng Yuan to death...
Fortunately, the person who decided the case this time was not Jia Yucun with ulterior motives, and the current momentum of Rongguo Mansion is far from what it was in the original timeline.
After Jia Zheng received a letter, although the prefect of Jinling favored Xue Pan, he still made the Xue family pay the full amount of money, a full fifty thousand taels of silver, to settle the matter.
The Xue family has been a royal merchant for many generations. These tens of thousands of taels of silver can protect the only male son in his family, so he naturally has no problem and pays the money immediately.
The Feng family originally wanted to make another fuss. After all, the Xue family gave the money so happily that they might be able to make another fortune.
But the prefect also directly invited the principals of the Feng family to the back office, and then directly took out the letter from Jia Zheng, the second master of Rongguo Mansion, and said in one sentence:
Are you sure Liang Zi and the Feng family want to continue fighting?
After seeing Jia Zheng's letter, the Feng family, which was just a local wealthy family, naturally chose to settle the matter. After all, if a member of the family exchanged 50,000 taels of silver, he would have gained face...
"Hey, Brother Lian, you are right. I am young and have a bad temper. I will definitely learn a lesson from now on..."
"Well...Second uncle, Wenlong and Aunt Xue are orphans and widowed, and they have no one to take care of them. How about inviting their family to live in our house?"
Originally it was Jia Zheng who should have spoken, but Jia Lian was worried that Jia Zheng would be embarrassed to speak because he was now the head of the Rongguo Mansion, so he took the initiative to ask Jia Zheng tentatively.
This was because he was afraid that Jia Zheng would not choose to stay as a guest because of his face, causing Sister Xue to fly away.
However, such words made Xue Pan beside him secretly moved. Sure enough, relatives are relatives, and this second brother Lian, whom he has never met before, is also a good person!
It's just that deep down in his heart, he doesn't really want to live in Rongguo Mansion. After all, he has an extra uncle and an extra layer of control...
But before Xue Pan could think of a way to refuse, Jia Zheng agreed: "Lian'er is still thoughtful, but I'll let my aunt and sisters discuss the details later."
Jia Lian nodded and did not say much about the matter. He only drank and laughed with everyone.
Jia Zheng then sent people to Rongqing Hall and said to Mrs. Wang: "My aunt is already old and my nephew is young and doesn't know the world. If he lives outside, there may be trouble. Why don't we invite my aunt and her family to live in our house..."
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