Jia Ke didn't know that the conversation between him and Jia Zheng had already been handed to the emperor not even an hour later.
Dai Quan, as the emperor's secret agent, was standing next to the emperor with the day's secret report, waiting for the emperor's questions.
The emperor was lying on the queen's bed at this time and asked with his eyes closed: "How is things going in the Rongguo Mansion now? How did Jia Ke react after he returned?"
On the surface, the emperor has great trust in Jia Ke, but in fact, the emperor is the most suspicious person in the world. He has never completely trusted anyone. After giving Jia Ke such great power this time, he naturally cannot take it lightly.
Dai Quan stood beside him and smiled flatteringly: "Long live my lord, Rongguo Mansion and Wuyanghou Mansion have been penetrated like a sieve by the slaves. Just now, the young men have sent us the conversation between Jia Ke and Jia Zheng. As soon as the slaves got it
The news was sent to Lord Long Live."
After Dai Quan finished speaking, he held a thick folder next to the emperor.
The emperor glanced sideways and stretched out his hand. Dai Quan quickly put the fold into the emperor's hand.
The emperor was lying on the queen's bed, taking this secret message and watching it carefully. At this moment, the queen came in from the outside, holding a bowl of medicine in a jade bowl. She was not worried about others making the medicine, so this time the emperor wanted to use
She had to prepare all the medicine herself.
The queen came in with the medicine and saw the emperor lying on the bed still holding a booklet and looking at it. She couldn't help but show anger on her face. She walked over and put the medicine on the table next to her, and was about to grab the booklet.
When Dai Quan saw the queen like this, he immediately turned his face away. He couldn't afford to offend either of these two figures. Now he could only shrink his body and hope that the two big figures wouldn't see him.
When the emperor saw the queen coming to grab the discount, he quickly said to her: "Zitong can't do this. This secret report is of great importance. I must read it immediately."
The queen stopped after hearing what he said, but she still said angrily: "Whatever important matter it is, I won't let it go even if I'm so sick."
After the queen lost her temper with the emperor, she said to Dai Quan who was standing aside: "You are really a slave. The emperor is so ill, and you still bother him. What's the use of you people?"
When Dai Quan heard the queen's complaint, he quickly fell to his knees and said, "This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die." He slapped his mouth as he spoke.
The queen looked at Dai Quan who was kneeling on the ground and kept slapping her mouth, and she couldn't bear it. I'm afraid the emperor arranged this matter. What can he do as a slave?
"Okay, get up, I'll spare you this time, and you'll have some perspective in the future."
When Dai Quan heard that the Queen had spared him, he stood up, licked his smile and said to the Queen, "I would like to thank you for your magnanimity. I will definitely have the foresight to stop causing trouble to you in the future."
At this time, the emperor had almost read the secret report in his hand, and he was very satisfied with the contents of the secret report. He handed the secret report to the queen with a smile and said: "Zitong doesn't need to embarrass this slave anymore. You can also read this report."
Once you take a look, you’ll know why.”
The queen walked to the emperor, took the secret report, and read it from beginning to end. She couldn't help but smile on her face. She finally understood Jia Ke's gratitude. Some time ago, she told the emperor about his appointment.
It was a bit confusing for a little guy in his twenties to serve as the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department. Now she finally understood the emperor's intentions. Instead of using those ministers with hidden agendas, it would be better to use this young man who serves the emperor wholeheartedly.
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When the emperor saw the queen read this secret report, he smiled and said to her: "With Jia Ke here, I am not afraid even if the ministers below turn the sky upside down."
After the emperor said this, his eyes immediately became gloomy again. He thought of the prince. It seemed that he wanted to use Jia Ke to continue to put pressure on him so that he would not dare to act rashly in the future, otherwise he would think that he, the emperor, was just a decoration.
The Queen also smiled after hearing what he said, "Okay, Long Live is right, but you'd better take the medicine now. Otherwise, if it gets cold for a while, it may affect the effectiveness of the medicine." After saying that, she got up from the table next to her.
He picked up the medicine and delivered it to the emperor.
The emperor was in a good mood now. He took the medicine and drank it in one gulp. After he woke up, he felt that nothing was wrong with him, but the words of the imperial doctor really frightened him. Therefore, he obeyed the imperial doctor's instructions in the hope that he could
Live a little longer. The person who is most afraid of death in the world is probably the emperor. After enjoying the days of making promises, who can give up? Therefore, the emperor now only hopes to live one more day.
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This incident, in which all the ministers petitioned the emperor to establish a prince, passed like this. However, the impact of this incident did not end so easily. This incident invisibly established in the minds of the ministers that Jia Ke was
The concept of the emperor's most trusted person gradually consolidated Jia Ke's position in the court.
For the lurking prince, it was almost a disaster. The prince could not imagine that the emperor would kill so many ministers and almost wipe out all his power in the court. Now this
As a prince, he felt very aggrieved. He was obviously thinking about the court and was afraid that the military commander would monopolize power and end up with cholera. Why didn't his father understand it at all? From various signs, it seemed that his father had already
He suppressed him as an opponent. From then on, his every move was probably under the surveillance of the emperor. There will never be such a good opportunity to cultivate party members and win over people's hearts again.
Because of this incident, the prince had not eaten in his palace for almost three days. His only thought now was to get rid of Jia Ke, a scourge for his ancestors. However, as Jia Ke became more and more powerful, he
I became more and more frightened. I was very afraid that everything in my dream would happen again in reality.
After Jia Ke returned to Wuyang Hou Mansion, his mood was not completely relaxed. Although he believed that the emperor still trusted him, he had to guard against this being a trick to make him relax his vigilance and finally give him a thunderous blow.
, so Jia Ke decided not to relax even a little bit before getting an absolute advantage.
As soon as Jia Ke returned to Wuyang Marquis Mansion, his butler Qian Mao came over to report, "Sir, there were dozens of ministers who came over just now to hand over notices. Did you see them, sir?"
Jia Ke passed these greeting cards from the middle and looked at them carefully. They were all gifts from the civil servants in the capital. Jia Ke didn't want to pay attention to them at first, but after flipping through them, he found one at the end.
Wei Jian, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, Jia Ke rolled his eyes when he saw this name.
After Jia Ke made up his mind, he said to Qian Mao: "Go and invite Mr. Wei, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan. Among these people, he is the only one who is a military general. I will arrange him to the flower hall. For the other civil servants, please let him go."
If they put down their gifts, let them go back."
Qian Mao agreed and went out. After that, Jia Ke walked to the back house. Jia Ke came to the back house and changed his clothes under Qin Keqing's service. Then he went to the flower hall in front to meet Wei Jian again.
When Jia Ke arrived at the flower hall, Wei Jian had been waiting for a long time.
Wei Jian was waiting impatiently in Huatingzong when he suddenly saw a young man walking into the flower hall. Wei Jian looked carefully and saw the breeze blowing in front of him and behind him. He was wearing a four-clawed python robe. He immediately knew that Jia Ke was coming.
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Wei Jian quickly stood up and knelt down on one knee in front of Jia Ke, "Wei Jian, the last general in charge of the Sichuan Army, has met your Lordship."
Jia Ke quickly took a few steps forward to help him up, and then said: "Master Wei, we are all military commanders, so we should be so polite."
After that, Jia Ke took Wei Jian to the flower hall, and then the two of them sat down as guest and host.
Then the maids brought fragrant tea, and Jia Ke asked: "Master Wei, what business do you have in Beijing this time?"
Wei Jian quickly stood up and said: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, I am coming to Beijing to report on my duties this time. I heard that the imperial court is now in charge of the Prime Minister, so I came here to pay a special visit."
Jia Ke nodded with a smile on his face, and then looked at Wei Jian in front of him with a mysterious smile. Wei Jian seemed to be in a trance for a moment, and then he immediately woke up. When he woke up and saw Jia Ke again, his eyes were
It will be different.
At this moment, Jia Ke's butler Qian Mao walked in. He was holding a dozen or so greeting cards in his arms. He came to Jia Ke and said, "Sir, this is a greeting card sent by more than a dozen civil servants.
I have asked the concierge to accept the gift."
Jia Ke took the invitations and read them again, and then said to Wei Jian who was sitting below: "I still have something to do here, so I won't keep Mr. Wei around anymore."
Wei Jian stood up and said respectfully: "I will take my leave now. I hope you will take care of yourself and don't overwork yourself."
Jia Ke sat there and just nodded without even a hint of politeness. He just watched Wei Jian leave the flower hall.
After Wei Jian left, Jia Ke asked Qian Mao, "Are these people just here to visit, or do they have something to ask for?"
Qian Mao quickly took out another piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Jia Ke respectfully. It turned out that Qian Mao had already found out the purpose of these people's visit.
Jia Ke has seen these pieces of paper and looked at them carefully. However, they are all reserved positions or want to be transferred to other places for employment.
Based on the information obtained by the Military Aircraft Department during this period, Jia Ke crossed out several of the names with serious hidden dangers, and then said to Qian Mao: "Except for the names I crossed out, other gifts can be accepted."
Qian Mao immediately understood what Jia Ke meant, and immediately bowed to Jia Ke and said, "Don't worry, sir, I'll do it right away."
After Qian Mao finished speaking, he bowed and left the flower hall.
Jia Ke watched Qian Mao leave with a meaningful smile in his eyes.
In the following days, Jia Ke began to dominate Chaogang. Memorials sent from all over the country had to go through his final review before deciding how to implement them.
Jia Ke took advantage of this opportunity and secretly sent some of his cronies he cultivated in Xuanfu Town to serve as military officers in various places. However, he did not take any greater action against the more influential civil servant group.
The Wenchen Group also understood Jia Ke's behavior as a compromise to them, as if to tell them that he would no longer interfere in Wenchen's affairs. Several big bosses in the Wenchen Group thought that Jia Ke had already made
A certain compromise, and they suffered heavy losses this time, so it is not easy to force each other too much. It is good for everyone to live in peace. After all, they think they have an absolute advantage. All the officials in the dynasty were from their civil servants, although Jia Ke controlled
However, they still had to handle matters, so they no longer took this matter to heart. Instead, the various factions within them began to fight against each other.
During the more than ten days when the emperor was recovering from illness, Jia Ke worked hard to maintain the stability of the court. He turned a blind eye to the various factions in the court who were fighting with each other again, and ignored them as long as they were not too excessive.
Although the emperor was recuperating in the harem, he knew everything about the affairs of the court. He still agreed with Jia Ke's current handling method. As long as it did not endanger the country, the fighting between these civil servants would be conducive to the emperor's handling of the matter.
Control of the court.
As time goes by, Jia Ke has become more and more comfortable in controlling the court and handling world affairs. Now the military aircraft department only handles official business in the morning. In the afternoon, they, the military aircraft ministers, have to go back to their own homes.
At the yamen gate, they handle the affairs they are responsible for.
Jia Ke goes to the infantry command yamen every afternoon to take charge of various affairs.
During this period of time, Zheng Kai was appointed by Jia Ke as the deputy general of the Xishan Camp. He controlled the Xishan Camp to conduct daily drills and retrained these soldiers according to Jia Ke's methods, so that Jia Ke was fully able to deal with this newly attached unit.
Take control.
Luo Cen took the place of Jia Ke in controlling the infantry and commanding the yamen. He trained the 30,000 infantrymen in command of the yamen who were originally undisciplined. They have been completely transformed. If they were pulled out now, they would be able to compete with the energy of the world.
Xiao Kun controls the Forbidden Army. Because Jia Ke participated in the rebellion the last time the Forbidden Army participated in the rebellion, Jia Ke took the opportunity and carried out a major blood change. Now most of the people in the Forbidden Army are soldiers from the original Xuanfu Town. It can be said that he is
He has the most perfect control over the troops, but many middle-level officials have not moved. Therefore, on the surface, the imperial army still seems to have the most power, but he does not know that these officials have been ousted by Jia Ke. As long as Jia Ke gives an order, these
People are all clay puppets.
The other one is the Ruijian Camp. Most of the current Ruijian Camp is composed of troops from Xuanfu Town, and there are also some troops who were separated from the Forbidden Army. After these people joined the Ruijian Camp, they quickly integrated into the new group.
This group of troops is controlled by Ma Zuo and Jia Ke.
The young general Xiao Yue, who was exchanged by Jia Ke for hundreds of horses in front of the battle, was arranged by Jia Ke in the Ruijian Camp and asked him to retrain with the newly joined Forbidden Army so that he could integrate into this team well.
The army is very optimistic about this young general Jia Ke. He will be of great use in the future.
Fan Kang, the counselor Jia Ke relied on most, was appointed by him as the chief clerk of the infantry commander's office. Although he was named chief clerk, he actually controlled the Chinese army in his absence and made suggestions when he needed it.
During this period, Jia Ke would visit the four military camps every afternoon in order to increase his presence in the eyes of the soldiers and let them know who is the leader of this army. It is precisely because Jia Ke has these troops that he feels
Able to fight against the forces in Beijing.
As time goes by, Jia Ke has a deeper and deeper grasp of these armies. Now, on the surface, Jia Ke is still a general of the imperial court, but in fact he is a warlord who controls most of the north, but no one knows this.