The reason why Xia Shouzhong spoke ill of Jia Ke in front of King Zhongshun was because he had always held a grudge against Jia Ke. When he used the Supreme Emperor to almost beat him to death in the Golden Palace, Xia Shouzhong had always held a grudge in his heart and was ready to retaliate at any time, but
It was because Jia Ke was becoming more and more powerful that he tolerated it. Now that he had an opportunity, he naturally couldn't let it go. Even if he couldn't cause substantial harm to Jia Ke, it would be good to add some obstacles to Jia Ke.
Regarding the Supreme Emperor, Xia Shouzhong did not dare to hold grudges even if he had a hundred courages, so he put all his hatred on Jia Ke.
Now that King Zhongshun asked, he told the truth. He even said a lot of bad things about Jia Ke, just to make King Zhongshun and Jia Ke have a confrontation.
King Zhongshun is not without brains. He naturally knows that there is moisture in what Xia Shouzhong said, and I am afraid that he cannot believe it entirely. However, the general process should not be wrong. With his status, as long as he casually says something like this in the court
After inquiring, Bian Di found out that Xia Shouzhong did not dare to lie to him on these issues.
King Zhongshun was getting more and more angry as he thought about it. He even remembered what happened back then. If Jia Ke hadn't been given the 800-mile express back then, I'm afraid he would be the one sitting in the Jinluan Palace now.
It was because of this eight-hundred-mile expedited job that he was disgusted by the Supreme Emperor and lost the chance to become the emperor. Unexpectedly, he had made himself lose such a large sum of money. All of a sudden, new and old hatreds surged.
King Zhongshun was itching his teeth with hatred in his heart. If Jia Ke were in front of him now, he would bite him to death.
But King Zhongshun was, after all, the man who almost became the crown prince. He knew that Jia Ke was quite powerful now. If he had a head-on confrontation with Jia Ke, he might not have much chance of winning?
After King Zhongshun sent Xia Shouzhong away, he walked around the palace hall and immediately came up with an idea. If he couldn't deal with Jia Ke, couldn't he deal with Jia Ke's family?
As long as he stands his ground then, even if Jia Ke is in high power, there is nothing he can do to him. After all, he is still the loyal and submissive king. As long as Jia Ke does not rebel, he cannot openly fall out with him without any basis.
King Zhongshun called the chief eunuch beside him and asked, "How much money does our palace have in its treasury now?"
"Reporting to the prince, our palace now has more than five million taels of silver."
When King Zhongshun heard this figure, his face turned into a scapegoat. If this was the case, he would probably have to drink from the northwest wind after buying 5 million tons of grain. Now King Zhongshun hates Jia Ke even more.
But he had to obey the emperor's order, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "Immediately send someone to Jiangnan to buy five million tons of grain and send it to the grain storage warehouse of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
This eunuch was kneeling aside when Xia Shouzhong was delivering the order just now. Naturally, he knew what was going on. He knew that this time he was losing money and avoiding disaster. The emperor did this for the sake of the deceased old concubine. If it were someone else
, now they are either sentenced to death or imprisoned.
The eunuch immediately returned: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will take care of it right away. I will ensure that the food will be delivered within two months without causing any delay for Your Majesty."
King Zhongshun nodded, and then said to him: "Go and check, who is in the family of Military and Aircraft Minister Jia Ke? What are you doing recently? You must find out and then report back to me."
This eunuch was a confidant of King Zhongshun, and he immediately understood what King Zhongshun meant, but he was a little hesitant on this matter. He also knew something about Jia Ke. This man was a powerful official when the Supreme Emperor was in power. Now
Even though the emperor is in power, there is still nothing he can do against him. If there are no unknown secrets in this, he would not believe it even if he were beaten to death.
He has been in the royal family for so many years, and he has never seen the emperor tolerate a powerful minister. If the emperor can tolerate it, it means that the emperor has no way to deal with this powerful minister.
This just illustrates the current situation between the emperor and Jia Ke. Now that King Zhongshun wants to go against Jia Ke, he will get into trouble if things go wrong. As a confidant of King Zhongshun, he feels he still has an obligation to remind him.
"Your Majesty, this Jia Ke is different from ordinary people. If something happens, even the emperor may not be able to protect us."
King Zhongshun said with a gloomy face: "I naturally know how powerful this Jia Ke is, but this time I am not prepared to fight with him. I just want to give him a small lesson. For the time being, I will not be able to express this tone in my heart."
That's it. As for his feud with this king, once my emperor brother, Long Live Lord, takes control of the situation, I will let the lives of his nine clans take it out on me."
The eunuch felt relieved. As long as he didn't fight with Jia Ke, Jia Ke wouldn't dare to embarrass King Zhongshun too much. So he bowed his head and left to arrange these things for King Zhongshun.
After King Zhongshun saw the eunuch go down, he could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He smashed everything in the room that could be smashed, and I sat helplessly on the chair, with bloodshot eyes in my eyes.
He has been holding back all these years, just waiting for the opportunity to regain his throne. As for the relationship between the current emperor and him, what does this mean in the face of imperial power?
But seeing that the status of the current emperor is getting more and more stable, he becomes more and more frustrated. Now he can only use Jia Ke. As long as Jia Ke falls out with the emperor, he still has a glimmer of hope to regain the throne.
Therefore, King Zhongshun was holding back for this period of time, just because he wanted to watch the emperor and Jia Ke lose both sides, so that he could rise up and clean up the mess.
He originally thought well, but things developed according to his ideas, and Jia Ke and the emperor had a fierce fight.
Unexpectedly, the grain storage incident happened again, and the emperor suddenly asked him to take out 5 million dans of grain. It seemed that the emperor had noticed his thoughts, and this time he asked him to take out 5 million dans of grains to teach him a lesson.
This time the emperor let King Zhongshun go. It seemed that his previous friendship was almost exhausted. If there were any more troublesome news, it might not be so easy.
King Zhongshun was angry for a while when he thought of this, but when he turned over and thought about it, he sneered. Your emperor is so powerful, and there is Jia Ke standing next to you. It's not sure who will win when the time comes.
What King Zhongshun is thinking now is that as long as the emperor falls, the court will still need someone to be the puppet. Regardless of his identity and position, as long as he becomes the emperor first, and then slowly and slowly develops with Jia Ke
, it is also possible to rule the world again.
Besides, Jia Ke knew when he got the notice from the Ministry of Hubu that the people in the Ministry of Hubu had already begun to spend money to eliminate the disaster. However, this was exactly Jia Ke’s intention. As long as the food could be collected and the situation stabilized, the Ministry of Hubu would
He has no control over how to raise food.
But Jia Ke never expected that because of his appearance this time, he would offend King Zhongshun. King Zhongshun, the evil wolf, began to pay attention to Rongguo Mansion.
Just when the emperor was conveying the decree to King Zhongshun, the Military Aircraft Department was discussing another matter.
On this day, Lei Ying, the Minister of War, couldn't wait to say to Jia Ke as soon as he arrived at the military aircraft: "Master Jia, some time ago the emperor ordered the Xiaoqi camp to march north and station between Xuanfu Town and Miyun. What will Master Jia decide?"
It’s time for them to set out.”
"Master Lei, haven't I told you before? Before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass go first. As long as the army's food, grass and pay are ready, the army can set off at any time." Jia Ke said with confidence. He was worried about the emperor's little tricks.
The trick has long been dismissed.
"Master Jia, these days, I have prepared military rations and military pay for the army. As soon as the day for the army's departure is determined, these supplies will be sent to the military camp immediately." Lei Ying, the Minister of War, hurriedly caught Jia Ke's words and was angry.
As if he was afraid that Jia Ke would regret it.
Jia Ke is a little puzzled now. He knows the food and wages in the imperial court. I am afraid there is not that much food in the Treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs. As for the silver reward for the army's departure, since the emperor privately withheld 3 million taels this year, the silver used everywhere is very high.
Nervous, where did they get all these supplies so quickly?
In fact, the food and salaries used this time were all allocated by the emperor from the inner treasury. After all, if they relied on the Ministry of Household Affairs, they might not be able to leave the capital next year.
The emperor discussed with Lei Ying. In order to allow the Ruijian camp to move north quickly and reduce the pressure on entering the capital, the emperor reluctantly allocated nearly 1 million taels of silver from his inner treasury for the purpose of the Ruijian camp's northward journey.
Food and wages.
After Lei Ying got 1 million taels of silver from the emperor, he immediately ordered people from the Ministry of War to go to Jiangnan to purchase grain without any delay.
Under Lei Ying's rectification, the people in the Ministry of War are now much more efficient than before. As soon as Lei Ying gave the order, they rushed to the south of the Yangtze River day and night. In order to raise food as quickly as possible, they did not go to various places to collect food and grass.
Instead, he used Lei Ying's fate to force the gentry to collect 500,000 dans of grain within three days.
The local gentry also complained when they got the news. Every one of these gentry was a human being. They all had their own sources of information. They got the news at the beginning of spring this year. It had not rained in the north for several months. It seemed that it had not rained in the north for several months.
There was a problem with this year's harvest. So I stocked up on some grain and grass, preparing to transport it to the north to make a fortune in the event of a drought.
However, Lei Ying made such a fuss, causing them to lose at least six to seven hundred thousand taels of silver. But Lei Ying was originally from Jiangnan and represented the interests of many gentry in Jiangnan, so this time they could not dismantle him no matter what, so the major
The gentry reluctantly scraped together 500,000 dan of grain.
Officials from the Ministry of War who went to the south of the Yangtze River got the grain and immediately set out to transport it north. Instead of taking the slow Grand Canal, they took sea ships to Tianjin Wei.
Just yesterday, the food had arrived. Only then did Lei Ying collect all the food and the 500,000 taels of silver he was going to reward.
Now Lei Ying also plans to send Jia Ke's elite army away like the god of plague. Otherwise, even if he really goes to the battlefield to fight, it is impossible to allocate 1 million taels of silver to 50,000 people. This is completely
Stop Jia Ke's mouth. After getting so much food and silver, you have to leave if you don't want to.
Therefore, today I can't wait to come to Jia Ke and ask him to issue orders. I hope that Jia Ke will open his mouth and let these troops go north as soon as possible.
Jia Ke looked at Lei Ying's serious face and wanted to laugh a little. I'm afraid they didn't know how to control the army and thought that this would weaken their own strength.
The money they wanted to reward Ruijianying would probably have to be controlled by themselves in the end. But this time I got the money, so I had to give them some face, so I said: "Master Lei, transport these grains, grass and money to Ruijianying."
.When the time comes I will be rewarded, and within three days I will send the Ruijian camp north to prevent the Tatars."