Jia Ke looked at Sun Yan's firm expression from above and nodded, thinking to himself, this is fine, as long as he passes the test, although he will not be able to trust him as before, he can still give him a good death.
So Jia Ke agreed to Sun Yan's request and asked him to personally supervise the execution in three days.
Tian Ye looked at the actions of the court in the past few days and knew that the dynasty was over. After Jia Ke's cleanup, almost all those who were loyal to the court were cleared out. The remaining ones were either following the trend or had taken refuge with Jia Ke.
Fan Kang saw that this important matter was over, and then the positions in the imperial court were filled, the most important of which was the Minister of Household Affairs.
So Fan Kang stood up and saluted Jia Ke again, and then said: "My lord, the court has been stabilized now. Many positions have been controlled due to their officers' participation in the rebellion. I don't know how to deal with it. Please tell me."
Jia Ke came here, knocked on the imperial case, and began to think about other candidates. The most important thing was the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, which could not be filled by anyone who was not one of his confidants.
After Jia Ke thought about it, there were not many civil servants under his command who had this ability.
Jia Ke was looking for recommendations from a few people he had met recently, when suddenly an idea flashed to his mind.
This person is Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling. It can be said that this person's character in Dream of Red Mansions is really bad, but he still has some skills, otherwise he would not be able to achieve the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.
"I think the post of Minister of Household Affairs should be held by Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling."
Jia Ke gave the order directly without consulting the people below.
Fan Kang didn't care after hearing this. He had heard about Jia Yucun. Although his official reputation was not good, he was indeed Jia Ke's confidant. He had handled some difficult things for Jia Ke when he was in Jinling. This time he brought him up.
Coming up is nothing.
So Fan Kang said: "Since my lord has made a decision, let us go back and ask the Military Aircraft Department to send a letter to the officials and ask them to write down the number of official certificates, and then send it to the lord to have it stamped, and then send it to Jinling to ask Jia
Yucun takes office immediately."
Jia Ke nodded, and then continued: "As for the other people, your military aircraft department will jointly draw up a list and send it to me. I will talk about it after reading it."
So everyone retreated and went to the military aircraft office to do their work.
After these people left, Li Deshan came to Jia Ke and said quietly: "Master, the spies came just now to report that my wife and the virtuous concubine are discussing the matter of letting the young prince ascend the throne."
Jia Ke immediately became vigilant after hearing this, and then asked: "Tell me what happened."
"Returning to the master, it was the virtuous concubine who proposed to the madam that she should go back and persuade the old lady to make the young prince the emperor, and promised that the master would continue to be in charge of the court, and that the family would be prosperous and wealthy in the future."
Jia Ke did not speak after hearing this, but thought to himself. I am afraid that the current emperor will never be retained. So should he ascend the throne directly, or leave a child to make a transition?
Jia Ke couldn't make up his mind for a moment and ascended the throne directly. Although it was easy to say, the affairs in Jiangnan had not been completely settled, and there were still many gentry who were interested in the imperial court.
In the end, Jia Ke decided to wait for a while. In the name of the imperial court, he asked the little emperor to sit in front and sort out the facts about Jiangnan first, and then divide the family into his own. When these things calmed down, naturally
Everything will fall into place.
Jia Ke took a deep breath after thinking about it, and then said to Li Deshan: "Continue to strengthen surveillance at Concubine Xian De, so Dai Quan should wake up a little."
Li Deshan quickly agreed and went out to deliver the message.
In the Dong Nuan Pavilion's bedroom, Jia Ke was the only one left there, his face changing, uncertain.
It would be a lie to say that Jia Ke did not want to directly ascend the throne and become emperor, but now he has launched two mutinies within a year, the first time to oust the emperor, and the second time to kill all the emperor's relatives. If it happens again
If there is major turmoil, the world may become unstable.
Thinking of this, Jia Ke could only sigh helplessly. It seemed that the time had not come yet.
Besides, Mrs. Wang left the palace and returned to Rongguo Mansion. She first came to Jia Zheng's study.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Jia Zheng teaching Jia Huan how to read. The two looked like a loving father and a filial son.
Mrs. Wang felt very dazzling when she looked at it. It was already bad enough for her to have Aunt Zhou here. Could it be that there was another Aunt Zhao? So she rolled her eyes and took it into consideration. She must be here now.
No matter how hard Jia Huan is, there will never be another person like Xiang Jia Ke in the back house.
At this time, Jia Zheng had seen Mrs. Wang's suggestion and waved Jia Huan out. Mrs. Wang first saluted Jia Zheng and then sat down under Jia Zheng.
Jia Zheng sat solemnly in the middle, stroking his beard with one hand and said, "I heard that you entered the palace just now. I wonder what the palace is like now."
Mrs. Wang hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "Our girl was wronged right now. She was kidnapped by the Empress Dowager and left the palace, and she almost lost her life."
Jia Zheng just nodded after hearing this and had no words of comfort.
When Mrs. Wang saw that Jia Zheng was not talking to her, she could only make it clear: "What our daughter means is that if the emperor is no longer here, it is better to let the young prince ascend the throne first."
After hearing this, Jia Zheng's eyes shone with golden light, and then he glared at Mrs. Wang fiercely and said: "Ignorant stupid woman, do you want the Jia family's hundreds of years of foundation to be destroyed in your hands?"
When Mrs. Wang heard what Jia Zheng said, she knew that he was angry, so she quickly stood up and said, "Master, please calm down. This is not what I meant. It's just that the girl asked me to send a message to the master and the old lady."
Jia Zheng glanced at her, and then said with a frosty tone: "You don't have to worry about this anymore. The old lady and I will naturally make the decision. You can go back."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang could only quietly leave the small study.
As soon as Mrs. Wang left the screen at the back, Aunt Zhao came out.
Aunt Zhao first came to Jia Zheng, patted him on the back, and then said in a gentle voice: "Master, please stop being angry. It's not worth getting so angry. Madam only feels sorry for her daughter."
When Jia Zheng saw Aunt Zhao coming out, he kept silent. After Aunt Zhao patted him on the back for a long time, he said: "Don't spread this matter out. If it reaches the ears of the eldest brother, then our family will
But it’s going to be chaos.”
After hearing the promise, Aunt Zhao was actually very angry at what Mrs. Wang just said. At the same time, she also didn't understand Mrs. Wang's thoughts.
It’s not right for a good queen mother to be a queen’s mother. I don’t know what she is thinking in her heart. If she doesn’t think about herself, why doesn’t she think about her children?
On this point, Aunt Zhao's thoughts were very firm. As long as Jia Huan was good, it didn't matter much to her what happened to her other child, Jia Tanchun.
If Jia Ke becomes the emperor, and Jia Huan is his younger brother, no prince can run away, unlike now he is just a bastard in the Duke's palace.
Mrs. Wang remembered what had just happened, and she prayed to the Buddha for a while in the Buddhist hall in her room.
Then he ordered his maid Yu Chuan'er to call his concubine Jia Huan.
When Jia Huan arrived, he first bowed to Mrs. Wang, and then stood there respectfully waiting for Mrs. Wang to lecture her, with a small face like a little adult.
Mrs. Wang was even more unhappy when she saw Jia Huan like this. Compared with Jia Huan like this, her Jia Baoyu was simply thrown to the ground.
"I was worshiping the Buddha today, and suddenly I felt that he wanted to express my sincerity. Please copy the Diamond Sutra for me."
Jia Huan didn't feel angry at all after hearing this. He just respectfully presented it to Mrs. Wang as a salute. Then he took the Four Treasures of the Study from the small table next to him and started copying scriptures in the Buddhist hall.
And that night, Aunt Zhao spent the whole night criticizing Sang and Huai in the yard, which showed how angry she was.
In the next few days, Jia Zheng went to Jia Mu's room several times, and he didn't know what they discussed. Every time they talked, the maids in the house were kicked out far away, and even the mandarin ducks could only stay outside the yard.
Guard the gate for them.
After they discussed it, Jia Mu ordered someone to recruit Jia Ke to come back.
Jia Ke has finally sorted out the government affairs in the past few days, and has begun to relax. He is not as busy as he was some time ago.
On the third day, Li Deshan caught all the children hiding among the people.
It turned out that the butler of Prince Zhongshun's palace saw that his life was in danger, so in order to save the lives of his family, he sold his master.
It's a pity that King Zhongshun tried his best to save his last remaining flesh and blood.
When Li Deshan got the news, he was overjoyed. He didn't need anyone else and took the secret guards on a trip himself.
This time, all five or six young children were brought back, even the poor families who took them in were not spared.
After receiving the letter, Jia Ke said expressionlessly, "Let's send them to a family reunion."
After hearing this, Li Deshan quietly withdrew, and these children never appeared again from then on.
On this day, Jia Ke was in the Yangxin Hall, having fun with the two concubines he had newly adopted, when he suddenly received a message from Jia Mu, asking him to return to Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Ke thought there was something going on at home and did not dare to neglect. He immediately rode a horse with a few eunuchs and guards and hurried back to Rongguo Mansion.
When he arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, he found that the Rongguo Mansion was peaceful and nothing happened. He felt relieved and then grabbed a young boy and came over to question him.
"Has anything big happened in the mansion recently?"
The young man saw Jia Ke, and he was already shaking all over. Now when he heard his question, he could only stammer: "To tell you the truth, nothing is happening in the house now."
"Really?" Jia Ke asked again.
The boy was really frightened this time, so he stood there shaking all over, but his mind kept thinking about what big things had happened in the house recently.