Jia Ke still trusted Fan Kang's judgment. Since he said there would be a disaster this year, he must be right.
"If sir thinks so, then what should I do?" Jia Ke looked at Fan Kang and said.
"My lord, just wait and see what happens. As for the lack of military pay at the border, this is also very simple. How many of those Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants pass through the passes guarded by my lord? As long as they collect some taxes, everything will be fine."
Yes." Fan Kang said nonchalantly.
"Sir, these business gangs are difficult to deal with. They bribed almost all the officials in the court. If we collect their tolls, I'm afraid the Hall of Mental Cultivation will be filled with papers to impeach me." Jia Ke
Although he was not afraid, now that he had a chance to win, he began to care about his reputation.
"What's so difficult about this? Did the Lord personally order them to collect taxes? When others asked, they said they were just soldiers at the border who couldn't survive. It was a spontaneous act. Could the imperial court really send people to collect all the soldiers at the border?
Catch them. In the end, everything will be settled. Those businessmen know that this situation is caused by the imperial court not paying military salaries, and I am afraid they will have even more objections to the emperor. Isn't this what the lord is optimistic about?"
Fan Kang even thought up an excuse for Jia Ke, which can be regarded as a careful plan and foolproof.
Jia Ke finally let it go, so the border tax collection had nothing to do with him. If these merchants wanted to find something, they could just go to the emperor to argue with him. Jia Ke didn't know the inside story anyway.
Thinking of this, Jia Ke also felt happy. In this way, he solved the military pay problem at the border and even made a lot of money.
Originally, Jia Ke was thinking of allocating money from his own income to supplement the military pay for these soldiers, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. Jia Ke actually felt a little distressed about having so much money to supply the border at once.
, after all, no one’s money comes from the strong wind. Looking at the current situation, it can be regarded as the best of both worlds.
Jia Ke finally felt relieved after solving the difficult problem on his mind.
Seeing Jia Ke relax, Fan Kang asked again: "My lord, this is the emperor's method, but I don't believe it. Are there other ways to divide and disintegrate your lord?"
"I really made you guess. The emperor transferred the Xiaoqi Battalion to the north, saying that it was to reinforce Xuanfu Town and Miyun at any time to prevent them from being attacked by the Tatars. He also sent the King of Beijing to the army as a supervisor.
." Jia Ke said indifferently.
"Then how does my lord plan to deal with this matter?"
"What's so difficult about this? When the army leaves the capital, if the young King Jing of Beijing is sensible, just let him stay in the camp. If he dares to join forces with others, let him fall off his horse and die. If he
Anyone who dares to interfere with military affairs will be executed according to military law." When Jia Ke said this, a cold light appeared in his eyes.
What Jia Ke cannot tolerate now is for someone to insert their hands into the army he controls. If the emperor happens to violate this taboo, Jia Ke doesn't mind and teaches the emperor a lesson.
And Jia Ke has now completely forgotten the care that the old King Beijing had for him.
Fan Kang felt relieved after hearing this. Jia Ke did not slack off because he was about to succeed. He was still very sensitive to military power and could not tolerate anyone controlling military power. This was exactly what a tyrant possessed.
After Jia Ke sent Fan Kang away, he did not leave the flower hall immediately but ordered Liu Yu to send a message to Wei Kun, his intelligence chief, to come and meet him.
Soon Wei Kun came to Jia Ke.
"What happened to the three camps recently?"
When Wei Kun heard Jia Ke's question, he quickly stepped forward and answered respectfully: "Replying to the uncle, during this period, the emperor's spies kept contacting the middle-level generals in the three major camps. Many of them have begun to act like the emperor.
Tilt."
Jia Ke nodded after hearing this, without any dissatisfaction. In the eyes of these middle-level generals, Jia Ke could not compare to the emperor in any way. They were neither the leaders of the troops controlled by Jia Ke, nor were they his own soldiers and personal trainers.
The loyalty of junior officers to Jia Ke is naturally very poor.
Jia Ke thought for a while and said, "Wei Kun, please send a message to the commanders of the three major camps and ask them to deal with these people. Let other people also see what happens if they turn to the emperor."
"Don't worry, Master, I will prepare the list when I get back soon and send it to the generals of the three camps."
"And from today on, you will personally deal with the emperor's spies in the three camps. You can't let them be so unscrupulous anymore."
Jia Ke didn't touch these spies originally because these spies were in the hands of the Supreme Emperor. The Emperor was still somewhat benevolent to Jia Ke anyway, so Jia Ke was too embarrassed to do anything. Anyway, these people wouldn't have much effect, but it's different now.
Well, these spies have become the emperor's minions. If they are not dealt with, I don't know what the consequences will be in the future.
"We can't relax about things in the palace. Now that the Supreme Emperor is in poor health, you must keep a close eye on Ningshou Palace. If anything happens to the Supreme Emperor, come and report to me immediately."
What Jia Ke is most concerned about now is the health of the Supreme Emperor, because the Supreme Emperor has been very prestigious in the world for decades. When he was here, the civil servants and gentry in the world were very loyal to him.
After hearing Jia Ke's instructions, Wei Kun naturally agreed: "Don't worry, uncle, our influence has penetrated very well in the palace. Now there is a trusted eunuch beside the Supreme Emperor, who is already one of ours. He even
We have some secret spies that the Supreme Emperor has not handed over to the Emperor."
When Jia Ke heard this, he became interested and asked, "What's going on?"
"Replying to the uncle, the Supreme Emperor not only has secret guards, but also has another secret agent organization with considerable power. This secret agent has been lurking in the past. Since the Supreme Emperor handed over the secret guards to the emperor, this secret agent has been activated.
But it was not given to Dai Quan, but to our spies, so now we are all very aware of every move in the palace."
Jia Ke was very happy to hear this, "That's good. We should reward people like this without hesitation. You go back and sue him. If something happens in the future, I will not forget his contribution."
After Jia Ke finished talking about this matter, he went on to say: "Mr. Fan can't relax. I am relieved about him personally, but his family is not well protected, including the emperor and the emperor's people."
After hearing Jia Ke's words, Wei Kun felt a chill in his heart, but he still replied respectfully: "Don't worry, sir. I have arranged someone for Mr. Fan, and nothing will go wrong."
Jia Ke nodded and asked Wei Kun to retreat.
After Jia Ke had discussed with Wei Kun, he returned to the back house. As soon as he entered Qin Keqing's room, he saw Mrs. Wang's dowry from Zhou Rui's family, carrying a fine wooden box. Behind Qin Keqing, Qin Keqing seemed to be carrying something.
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When they saw Jia Ke coming in, they quickly saluted Jia Ke together. Then Qin Keqing stepped forward and took off Jia Ke's coat. He placed him in the main seat, put the heater in his arms, and then sat down.
Beside Jia Ke.
Since Qin Keqing married Jia Ke, Qin Keqing has personally taken care of Jia Ke's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Qin Keqing never pretends to do these things by others. And Jia Ke has become accustomed to Qin Keqing's behavior after a long time. Even the clothes were not done by Qin Keqing himself.
He could see the difference even after cleaning it.
When Zhou Rui's family saw Jia Ke sitting down, they came to Qin Keqing's side again and sent the box to Qin Keqing again for her to choose. Jia Ke also went over to take a look. It turned out to be a pile of gauze flowers with fresh patterns.
The flowers are really exquisitely made. Even though Jia Ke has seen such styles in modern times, they seem a bit rough compared to these modern ones.
These flowers are placed there one by one. If you don't hold them in your hands and caress them carefully, you can hardly find that they are made of yarn. It is really a wonderful workmanship.
Jia Ke then asked: "Where did this flower come from? It is really exquisitely made. I have never seen anything like this before at my age."
Zhou Rui's family members hurriedly laughed and said: "Uncle, this is from Aunt Xue. Madam ordered me to send ten tubes to the eldest grandmother, four tubes to the second grandmother Zhu, four tubes to the second grandmother Lian, and the rest.
There are some girls there, so I thought I would stop by Grandma’s place first."
Jia Ke was quite satisfied after hearing what he said. The residence of Mrs. Wang of Rongguo Mansion is almost across the entire Rongguo Mansion from their Wuyang Marquis Mansion. This week, the Rui family could actually think of meeting Qin Keqing here. No matter what, this mental calculation has been done.
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And this time Mrs. Wang did everything she could to be humane and sophisticated. Qin Keqing got ten of them this time. It wasn’t that these silk flowers were so precious. It was that she was particular about giving flowers. Qin Keqing’s status was too high, so giving her a gift would cost more than
How many times more than other sisters, this is only reasonable.
Qin Keqing picked around in the box, and finally selected ten flowers of different colors. Then he put them one by one on his head and gestured. He turned around and asked Jia Ke: "Uncle, which one are you looking at?"
Does it look good?"
"Ha, our Keqing looks good in everything she wears." Jia Ke watched Qin Keqing keep gesturing with silk flowers on her head, looking so cute and cute, so she said the words of praise without any money.
Qin Keqing blushed when he said this, "What are you talking about? Sister Zhou is still here."
A member of Zhou Rui's family quickly said jokingly: "My uncle is right, my grandma's appearance is the first in our family. Wearing this flower on my grandma's breasts is actually her blessing."
Qin Keqing was a little embarrassed by their praise, so she quickly turned around and took out six of the ten silk flowers, and then called outside: "Ruizhu, come in, I have something to tell you."
Ruizhu heard Qin Keqing's voice and hurriedly came in from the outer room, "Grandma, what do you want me to do?"
Ruizhu is Qin Keqing's dowry. When no one is around, she is usually called Miss Qin Keqing. She is only called Grandma when outsiders are around.
Qin Keqing took out four of the ten silk flowers, then put the remaining six in a new wooden box, and handed the wooden box to Ruizhu.
"Give these six silk flowers to the three aunts and let them each pick two."
Ruizhu stepped forward and took the wooden box, then bowed to Qin Keqing and Jia Ke before going out.
The Zhou Rui family did not leave after delivering the silk flowers. Instead, they stood aside and chatted with Qin Keqing about the family affairs. After talking to the Zhou Rui family for a while, Qin Keqing already understood that the Zhou Rui family had something to ask for.
So Qin Keqing asked: "Is there something wrong with Sister Zhou?"
Zhou Rui's family is a little embarrassed now. It turns out that her son-in-law Leng Zixing, when doing the antique business, sometimes passed off inferior goods as good ones. Generally, when people encounter this kind of situation, they will consider themselves unlucky because of the power of the Jia family.
Thinking that he had encountered a tough situation this time, the man he deceived had some relationship with the Prince of Nan'an in the capital, so Shuntian Mansion went on business this time and directly broke into Leng Zixing's shop and took him to prison.
It turned out that she had begged Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, but after sending the posts of Jia Zheng and Jia She to Shuntian Mansion, Shuntian Mansion Yi did not let them go. This made her shocked and angry, knowing that Jia Ke was now in the capital.
However, with the power in the government and the opposition, the status of Rongguofu has also risen sharply. There are not many people in the capital who can not buy the face of Rongguofu. In the current situation, I am afraid that his son-in-law has offended someone who should not be offended.
In the end, she spent money to trust her connections, and then she found out the whole story. After getting the whole story, she was scared out of her wits. Then she had to come to Wuyang Marquis Mansion to ask Jia Ke and Qin Keqing for help.