Jia Ke finished his morning business at the Military Aircraft Department and left the Military Aircraft Department's office. When he was walking out of the palace, a young eunuch suddenly came next to him.
When the little eunuch saw Jia Ke coming, he immediately lowered his head and stood on the roadside waiting for Jia Ke to pass.
When Jia Ke passed by the young eunuch, he heard him say in a low voice, "Liu Yu went to Dongnuang Pavilion and had a pleasant chat with the emperor. It seems that he has contacted soldiers and horses from several nearby provinces."
Jia Ke didn't seem to see the little eunuch, and walked over directly. Jia Ke was used to these things. In fact, there were Jia Ke's spies everywhere in the palace, and the emperor's every move was followed
Under Jia Ke's surveillance.
Even the emperor himself didn't know this. He always thought that there were secret guards left by the Supreme Emperor in the palace, which were naturally impregnable and impermeable to wind and rain. But he didn't know that Jia Ke had penetrated the palace like a sieve.
Jia Ke just walked out of the palace without any expression on his face, but when he got on the horse, a smile broke out on his face.
The emperor finally couldn't bear it anymore. I'm afraid this year is the time to reveal the mystery. It's time for him to bear it for so many years.
Now the world's complaints against the emperor are very serious because the emperor has increased taxes several times despite Jia Ke's objections.
The reason why the emperor did this is because the disasters in Shaanxi and the Huaihe River area are getting more and more serious. There is really a shortage of tax revenue this year, not to mention that the emperor embezzled three million taels.
In order to prevent unrest in these two places, the emperor had to increase taxes from other places to make up for the losses caused by these two places and the silver needed for disaster relief.
However, Jia Ke stopped him several times with fake mercy, and shed crocodile tears several times in the court. Many ministers from poor backgrounds saw this situation and thought that Jia Ke cared about the people at the bottom and believed that the people were in difficulty, so he
Crying bitterly, he remonstrated with the emperor.
As a result, Jia Ke gained a lot of reputation among the people and the court, but the emperor's reputation began to become bad. This time, not only ordinary people, but also businessmen and gentry from all over the country were dissatisfied with the emperor, thinking that he would do anything for money.
Can do it.
After Jia Ke returned to Wuyang Hou Mansion, he locked himself in the study and thought about it for a whole afternoon, but saw no one.
Now that the emperor is ready to take action, he cannot sit still and wait for death. The only people the emperor can move now are those generals. However, these people are all secret hands arranged by himself. The emperor is simply seeking death by using them.
Then the next step is to deal with the aftermath, which is no small matter. If it doesn't go well, it will happen again all over the world. Jia Ke thought about it and thought it would be better to learn from Cao Cao for a while before talking.
Only by sorting out those who oppose him and the royal family members can he be able to ascend the throne.
The most important thing is that in addition to the army, other controls in Jiangnan are relatively weak. If we want to find a way to rectify Jiangnan, we need to deal with a group of gentry and wealthy families in certain places. Otherwise, if these people are instigating below, I am afraid that Jiangnan will
It's going to be chaos.
Thinking of Jiangnan, Jia Ke first realized that his stumbling block was the Zhen family.
The Zhen family has been in Jiangnan for decades, and they have been controlling the intelligence exchanges in Jiangnan for these decades. It can be said that many of the gentry are deeply rooted, and they are all descendants of their family.
Although the Zhen family and the Jia family are old relatives, in the face of interests, this relationship is nothing.
It seems that the two sides are destined to have a showdown, and when it comes to dealing with Jiangnan, as long as there is no Zhen family, then the other people are just headless tigers who can be dealt with casually.
After Jia Ke figured out his strategy, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he got up and went to the back house to kiss Qin Keqing.
Besides, Shi Nai was restless in the Baolinghou Mansion these days. He ordered the housekeeper to guard the gate every day, because he was afraid that no one would be there when the official sent the documents, which would delay the matter.
On this day, Shi Nai was pretending to read in the study. In fact, he didn't even know he had got the book. He was looking ahead blankly, wondering when the official department would deliver the documents.
Suddenly, the housekeeper outside shouted softly: "Sir, Butler Lin from Rongguo Mansion is here. He is waiting at the door for you to summon him."
As soon as Shi Nai heard this, he understood that there was news about his official position, and immediately ordered: "Please come in quickly, why are you hanging out there?"
The housekeeper quickly withdrew as he had promised. After a while, he led Lin Zhixiao to the study room of Baolinghou Mansion.
After Lin Zhixiao entered the study, he saw Shi Nai reading leisurely there, and he admired his determination in his heart. You must know that if it were him, he would have been so anxious that he would have gone to the room.
"Little Lin Zhixiao, please give my regards to the Marquis."
"Get up, who sent you here this time? What's the matter?" Shi Nai put the book on the desk as if nothing had happened. Only then did he realize that he had got the book, and he blushed. Fortunately, Lin
Zhixiao lowered his head and didn't notice, otherwise the fun would have been great.
"Returning to the Marquis, it was our master and uncle who ordered me to come and deliver the documents."
"What is it? Bring it over and let me take a look." Although Shi Nai didn't look anxious, in his heart he wanted to snatch the document from Lin Zhixiao's hand immediately.
Lin Zhixiao quickly took a few steps forward, took out an envelope from his arms, then raised his hands above his head and presented it to Shi Nai's eyes.
Shi Nai stood up from his seat, leaned slightly, and took the envelope. He opened it and looked at it carefully, and immediately felt happy.
It turned out that it contained a confession document. The document clearly stated: Shi Nai, the specially appointed Marquis of Baoling, was informed of Yangzhou Prefecture. Then what was written at the back of the document was Shi Nai's appearance, and then the seal of the Ministry of Personnel and the
Approval from the Military Aircraft Department.
Shi Nai's hands were shaking a little while holding this thin document. With it, he could become the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture.
Shi Nai stood there holding the document blankly for a long time without coming back to his senses. The butler next to him quickly reminded him: "Master Marquis, Master Marquis, Butler Lin is still standing there. What are your orders?"
Only now did Shi Nai react, and then he said to the housekeeper: "As a reward, I will reward housekeeper Lin with fifty taels of silver when he goes back to drink tea."
But the housekeeper is a little embarrassed. Fifty taels of silver is not a small amount for their family. He doesn't know if it will count when it comes to the madam.
Shi Nai saw his dilemma and said, "You take Butler Lin to find Madam to get the silver reward. Madam will naturally know what's going on."
Lin Zhixiao watched the interaction between their master and servant below and found it funny. The dignified Marquis Mansion was actually in trouble for fifty taels of silver. Who could believe it?
The housekeeper took Lin Zhixiao out of the study and went to his wife to collect the silver reward. Besides, Shi Nai couldn't get enough of this document.
Now Shi Nai was imagining how he could go out and fight when he arrived in Yangzhou. He didn't talk about sharing the emperor's worries. He just thought about the benefits he could get from being in office and how much filial piety the officials below him would have to pay to him every year.
Another question is whether those people who took office in Yangzhou are unruly and unruly. Should I give them a showdown after I go there and let them know how powerful I am before I can control them.
The most important thing is to cooperate with other officials in Yangzhou. Those who speak and communicate with the Caoyun Yamen have a higher official position than him. Whether I flatter them or ignore them. These are all questions.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a noise outside the study. Shi Nai frowned, thinking who was so indifferent, who came to make him angry just after he was happy for a while. Unexpectedly, when the door opened, it was his wife Zhang who came in.
Shi.
It turned out that Mrs. Zhang knew what was going on when the housekeeper came to her to collect the silver reward for Lin Zhixiao. Although she was a little distressed for so much money, she still gave it out for the sake of the Hou Mansion. She thought about taking it away.
With these fifty taels, they will be able to make fifty thousand taels next year.
After Mrs. Zhang sent Lin Zhixiao away, she waited in the room for Shi Nai to return to the back house and give her good news. But in the end, neither came nor did she wait.
So Mrs. Zhang couldn't wait any longer, so she took the maid and her mother-in-law out of the second door and went straight to Shi Nai's outer study.
As soon as Zhang entered the study door, she saw Shi Nai sitting there in a daze holding a piece of paper.
It wasn't until Zhang came in that Shi Nai reacted and looked at her displeased, "Why are you here? You don't have to disturb my enjoyment of reading."
Mrs. Zhang was not as knowledgeable as him, so she walked to him with a smile on her face and said, "Sir, did the Rongguo Mansion send documents? I saw that you never know how to live in the back house, so I came here to take a look."
Shi Nai stroked his beard as if he didn't care at all, and handed the document in his hand to Zhang, "There's nothing to be anxious about. I just want to rest in the study for a while and think about it before I go anywhere."
How should I share the Emperor's worries?"
Mrs. Zhang took the document with a smile and read it carefully several times. The smile on her face became even brighter. This is not a light document. This is tens of thousands of taels of silver a year.
Shi Nai looked at her and smiled disdainfully: "Look at your worthless look, where are you now? In a few years, I might be able to return to Beijing and serve as the Minister of the Sixth Ministry."
Zhang secretly rolled his eyes. He didn't know how capable Shi Nai was. He was thankful to be able to serve as a prefect. He also wanted to be the minister of the six departments. Why didn't he go to heaven?
"Sir, seeing as the document says that you will be appointed within a month, should we pack up and head south immediately?"
Mrs. Zhang couldn't wait any longer. When she was in the capital, although she was the wife of the Hou family, she was also a first-class imperial concubine. But what's the use? There are many wives of the Hou family like her in the capital. Compared with Yangzhou,
The wife of the prefect is really far behind. When you get to Yangzhou, you have one-third of an acre of land. People there have to be fawning and filial to you, and that's a pleasure. Unlike in the capital, you have to be careful about everything you do, for fear of offending anyone.