This is not the time for an audience. Even though Jia Lian is the fourth-grade magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, he cannot just meet the emperor if he wants to.
But Jia Lian went straight to Zuoyemen and said directly that he wanted to see Mr. Wei Tongguangwei, the commander of the Yulin Guards. The soldiers at the palace gate were very polite and did not dare to make the decision, so he hurriedly reported to the gate deputy.
It happened that one day when Jia Lian was chopping up the coffin with the Zhongyong sword in the street, one of the four guards who followed Wei Tongguang to summon Jia Lian happened to be passing by. When he saw Jia Lian, he rushed over and said with a smile:
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Jia?"
As soon as he heard that Jia Lian said that he had something urgent to do and wanted to see Wei Tongguang, the guard took Jia Lian directly into the palace gate with a sign and asked him to wait in the check-in room while he hurried to find Wei Tongguang.
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At this time, Wei Tongguang was called into Dongnuan Pavilion by the emperor, waiting for the emperor's reply.
King Zhongshun had just presented to the emperor ten pieces of "Chengxintang paper" produced under the personal supervision of Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty. At this time, he was standing aside in a formal manner. It seemed that he had said something to the emperor, so the emperor called Wei Tongguang to ask.
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"Have you heard that the Jia family ransacked their slave's home?"
The emperor seemed to ask casually, without even raising his head.
He was holding a large blue-and-white porcelain brush made in the Wanli Year of the Ming Dynasty in his hand. He brushed it again and again among the six-curved rhombus brushes of Ge Kiln. He looked at the words in front of him: "The skin is like a membrane, firm and clean like jade, thin and smooth."
", the most popular" Chengxintang paper. When I think of hearing that Dong Qichang, a calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, got Chengxintang paper, I repeatedly lamented: "I don't dare to write on this paper." I have never dared to write on it.
The emperor has always envied his grandfather, the late Emperor Taizong, who followed Emperor Taizu in the first half of his life to fight with the army and found the country with martial arts. In the second half of his life, he created the first prosperous age of the Great China Dynasty and ruled the world with literature. He has the top ten martial arts that will shine forever.
He was also a master of calligraphy who was passed down to future generations, and he became a wise and wise king with both civil and military skills who was noted in the history books.
What the emperor envied even more was that the late emperor was always so confident and calm in dealing with major affairs of the government. He was indeed the only emperor through the ages.
Emperor Taizong was a man with great ambitions. When he took over thousands of miles of land from the founding emperor Taizu, he also took over a large group of hard-to-handle founding veterans with heavy troops.
However, Emperor Taizong did not massacre the heroes like Zhu Yuanzhang did in the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he used peaceful and gentle methods. He did not use a single soldier, but first started with the "Eight Dukes" Ning and Rong, and moved them with love.
With Li, he rebuilt the mansion and wrote the imperial inscription himself. He exchanged future wealth and honor for the military power of the Jia family, and quietly pruned away the gang members of the "four kings and eight princes" step by step, paving the way for future emperors. p>
Compared with his grandfather, Emperor Taizong, the emperor's father, the current Supreme Emperor, seems much mediocre.
During the period when the Supreme Emperor was the Yuanhe Emperor, not only did he have no achievements in civil and martial arts, he was also a master with "little ability and a big temper". He didn't like to investigate when things happened, and he would always be "very angry". He should be punished first. p>
Both the officials and the emperor himself, who was just a prince at that time, were always walking on thin ice with fear, fearing that an unreasonable disaster would happen to them for no apparent reason.
Under such high pressure, how can conscientious officials be more tactful and flattering than cunning ones? Therefore, among the officials appointed by the Supreme Emperor, cunning ones who do not do serious work and are only good at singing happy songs are especially likely to rise to power. p>
Those who hide the truth from the superiors will be deceived by the inferiors.
These officials did many things to oppress local areas, causing banditry in many places. Therefore, during the reign of Emperor Yuanhe, the treasury was so empty that the emperor now has no money to do anything.
That's all. The key is that these cunning officials still cannot be eliminated. After squeezing the people, they even obtained the protection of the Supreme Emperor because they were able to "honor the Supreme Emperor", and because they needed protection, they wholeheartedly supported the Supreme Emperor. In such a situation,
This gives the current emperor a headache.
Although the Supreme Emperor has not forgotten the major policy of "weakening the four founding princes and eight princes", after all, as he gets older, he is prone to be confused and greedy. When others give gifts, the Supreme Emperor often becomes confused, and now he protects the "four princes and eight princes" from time to time.
Okay, what is this?
Confused is confused, but the desire for power has not been forgotten, so the Emperor not only refused to move out of the Daming Palace, but also clung to the power to death.
The Great China Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, and there was nothing more important than the word "filial piety" in the world. Therefore, even though the emperor had been on the throne for several years, he still had to give approval to the Supreme Emperor before issuing decrees.
Even the emperor and the empress dowager would give guidance from time to time on which concubine the current emperor favored. The current emperor had no choice but to ferment in his stomach.
Only when he hid in the Dongnuang Pavilion study and wrote, thinking of his grandfather, Emperor Taizong, did the emperor feel better.
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Wei Tongguang immediately understood that King Zhongshun took advantage of the opportunity to deliver the paper to give the Jia family another "injection." That's why the emperor called him to ask this question, and he quickly bowed and answered:
"Yes. As far as I know, it was Jia Lian who led people to confiscate the homes of Lai Er, the steward of Ningguo Mansion, and Lai Da, the steward of Rongguo Mansion. They found many things and pulled fifty-nine carts. Many people in the capital were watching along the street.
The roads are blocked.
As for the specific items confiscated and their value, Rong Chen will continue to find out."
The emperor looked at the precious rice paper, which was soft and durable, and made up his mind several times. However, the pen in his hand still couldn't write, so he asked again:
"How do people outside talk about this?"
Wei Tongguang pondered for a moment and replied cautiously:
"People on the street say that the Jia family lives in the usual ostentation, spending money every day like water, never knowing how to be frugal, and even if they have gold and silver, they will eat it up.
This time, they went to great lengths to ransack the house of their servant. It can be seen that although the shelves outside were not very damaged, the money box at home was probably at its bottom.
Nowadays, the slaves in his family are said to be slaves, but in fact they have their own business, there are businesses and shops, and many of them buy houses and land.
They are all rich people outside, and they rely on the power of the Jia family to bully others. They are much richer and richer than the nephews and nephews of the Jia family.
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A confused family like the Jia family will be ruined sooner or later.
I heard that Jia Lian was so shameless because he wanted to build Concubine Jia’s provincial residence. If the Lai family was not confiscated this time, the construction of the provincial residence would have to be stopped halfway."
The emperor couldn't help but smile after hearing this:
"Oh? These people in the market are more knowledgeable and interesting than the Jia family.
I didn’t expect that the Jia family could be so poor, which is really more interesting.”
He simply put down his pen and smiled at King Zhongshun:
"Third brother, it seems that your original policy of 'relaxing while waiting for work' worked really well. It's really unexpected that a 'relative residence' could deplete the Jia family's wealth so quickly." King Zhongshun quickly bowed and saluted, respectfully and humbly said:
"Brother, the emperor is ridiculous, I am just a fool who will succeed after all his worries."
The emperor immediately frowned:
"It's good for the Jia family to fall. It's just that it was a little too fast, and it was easy for things to happen.
But be sure to keep an eye on it and don't let anyone take advantage of it. If someone else helps the Jia family, buys and picks peaches, it will be a bad thing.
After all, the Jia family is the founding hero of the country. Although they have released military power, their connections have not been completely cut off."
King Zhongshun immediately understood that the emperor was afraid that King Beijing would take advantage of the Jia family's crisis to buy it, and then the "four kings and eight princes" would become even more entangled.
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Afterwards, the emperor asked Wei Tongguang to retreat, and he and King Zhongshun continued to chat about calligraphy.
As soon as Wei Tongguang left the courtyard, a guard came up and whispered:
"Jia Lian from Rongguo Mansion is here, saying that he has something urgent to do and wants to see the emperor."
Wei Tongguang's heart moved and he hurried to the check-in room.
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As soon as the two met, before Wei Tongguang asked, Jia Lian closed the door and said:
"Brother Wei, I have several confessions here that I want to present to the emperor in person. Please help me, Brother Wei."
Wei Tongguang was a cautious person and did not ask, but said calmly:
"If it's not a big deal, I'm afraid your majesty will be angry if you rush to see me."
Jia Lian knew that if he didn't explain clearly, Wei Tongguang would definitely refuse to report it, so he didn't beat around the bush and answered briefly:
"This is about Prince Zhongshun."
Two smart people can play drums without heavy hammers, and both understand the pros and cons of this.
Wei Tongguang looked carefully at Jia Lian, who looked confident, but remained calm:
"I'll go in and try to find an opportunity to tell the emperor that you are waiting here. The time is uncertain, but don't be anxious."
As soon as he came out of the check-in room, Wei Tongguang's eyebrows immediately twisted into a knot.
Prince Zhongshun is still in the emperor's room, should you go and say it or not?
This Jia Lian always does things unexpectedly, so where is this going to happen?