Li Deshan received Jia Ke's instructions and came to Jia Yucun's house that night while Li Gui was on duty.
Jia Yucun was naturally happy for Li Deshan's arrival. Nowadays, everyone doesn't know Eunuch Li's name. Even the military and aircraft ministers want to give him some credit.
After Jia Yucun welcomed Li Deshan into his study, he ordered the servants to bring him some fragrant tea, and then asked Li Deshan, "I'm a military officer at the beginning, but I just celebrated a little, so what can I do for you, General Manager Li?"
Li Deshan sat there and watched the Jia Yucun villain succeed, with disdain in his heart. If it weren't for his master's favor towards him, Jia Yucun's unstable character would have been dealt with long ago.
After Li Deshan finished thinking, he put the tea cup on the table and said in a sharp voice: "I really let you talk, you really can't get me to do this, it's the Lord Long Live who asked me to bring you a message.
Son."
After Jia Yucun heard this, he quickly stood up and knelt in front of Li Deshan: "Your Majesty, Jia Yucun, I respectfully listen to the Holy Order."
Li Deshan also stood up to look, lowered his head and looked at Jia Yucun with a smile on his lips, "Sheng Angong."
Then Li Deshan continued: "The Emperor has decreed: Tell Jia Yucun to be honest with me. If he continues to show off like this, I will skin him. Thank you for this."
After Li Deshan finished speaking, he sat back on the chair again, picked up the cup of tea, and began to taste it slowly.
Only then did Jia Yucun dare to stand up, and then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a roar.
Then Jia Yucun hurriedly came to Li Deshan, took out a few banknotes from his sleeves, and handed them to Li Deshan's hands.
"General Manager, what does your Majesty mean by this? Could it be that you are really angry."
Li Deshan took the bank note in his hand and laughed. He knew it was a note for three thousand taels.
Li Deshan then put the banknote in his arms, and then finally showed a smile on his face, and then said to Jia Yucun who was standing next to him: "It's no big deal. You made too much trouble this time, too much
You want to be in the limelight. Look at the other military and aircraft ministers, which one is as blatantly cliquey as you."
After Jia Yucun heard this, he immediately realized that the emperor was not angry with him, but just wanted to keep a low profile.
Seeing that Jia Yucun understood, Li Deshan put down the cup in his hand, then stood up and cupped his hands with him, "There are still things in the palace, so I won't delay here any longer. Mr. Jia will be more careful in doing things in the future."
After Li Deshan finished speaking, he turned and left the study. Jia Yucun hurriedly followed behind and sent him out personally. Only then did the Jia family return to the study.
After receiving Jia Ke's warning, Jia Yucun immediately became honest and went to the Military Aircraft Office to work every day, and was no longer as ostentatious as before.
On this day, Jia Ke finished his official duties at Yangxin Hall and went straight to Cining Palace in a small sedan to see the Empress Dowager Zhou. He had been busy with official duties these days and had not seen the Empress Dowager Zhou for several days.
Jia Ke saw the courtyard of Cining Palace. Before he entered the main hall, he saw Xia Mai, the personal maid of Empress Dowager Zhou, already coming out.
When I saw Jacques below, I quickly walked a few steps to come to Jacques, said a Hail, and then said softly: "Hail, please be careful when you go in, the Queen Mother is angry right now."
"What's wrong?"
Xia Mai curled his lips and then said: "I'm not an old uncle. I went back to my hometown two days ago and was very embarrassed. This morning I came to show off to our Queen Mother."
Jia Ke thought for a while and then said: "So that's what happened? I wonder why so many people have visited him in the past few days. It seems that he has made quite a fuss in Jiangnan."
"Long live the Lord, that's all. I heard that the old uncle was traveling in a grand way this time. When he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, the local officials were very respectful, which made him a lot of limelight. He also went to his own ancestral graves to visit again.
We have arranged it for a while. That’s why our Queen Mother was moved by her homesickness.”
Jia Ke was so angry that he wanted to laugh. The Queen Mother was born in the capital, and she has never been back to her hometown, so she felt homesick.
The two of them were talking here, when suddenly they saw the door curtain lifted, and an old lady came out. She saw Jia Ke and Xia Mai talking there, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute Jia Ke, and then said with a smile on her face: "Long live my Lord!
The Queen Mother knew that you were coming, but she never saw you entering the house, so I asked your servant to come out and take a look."
After hearing this, Jia Ke could only follow the old woman into the main hall.
At this time, the Queen Mother Zhou was sitting on the bed and crying. Jia Ke saw it and hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old Queen Mother, what is going on? Who has offended you? Tell me and my son will vent your anger."
Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at Jia Ke angrily, then turned away and continued to cry.
Jia Ke could only touch his nose, and then sat on the other side of the big kang. Immediately, Xia Mai brought a cup of tea to Jia Ke, and then quietly nuzzled Jia Ke to the Queen Mother Zhou, which meant that he wanted to
Jia Ke gave me some advice.
Jia Ke took the tea and took a sip, then asked calmly: "Mother, I seem to have heard that Zhou Wang went to the south of the Yangtze River. There was quite a commotion. Several censors have already joined him."
After hearing Jia Ke's words, Queen Mother Zhou really focused her attention, stared and asked: "What's the truth? I just went back to visit relatives, what happened to those censors?"
"The Queen Mother may not know that Zhou Wang only needs to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but he should not occupy people's fields. I heard that the trouble there is very unpleasant."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Zhou lowered her head and thought for a moment, and then said: "Your uncle made a mistake in this matter. It's not easy for ordinary people, how can you seize other people's fields? I still have three thousand taels of private money here, take it.
, ordering people to be sent to Jiangnan is my compensation to the suffering owner."
After hearing this, Jia Ke smiled all over his face. His mother was indeed the same kind-hearted woman as before, and she had not forgotten the sufferings of the people because of her high position.
"Since the Queen Mother cares about the suffering of the people and wants to compensate those who suffer, it is better to send the money personally and let those people know the Queen Mother's kindness."
"What do you mean? I'm in the deep palace, how can I go to Jiangnan?"
Jia Ke smiled and said: "Son, I have been thinking deeply during this period and plan to go to Jiangnan to check out the people's sentiments in Jiangnan. Why don't my mother go with me and go back to my hometown to take a look? Wouldn't there be a chance to compensate those who have suffered?"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Zhou's eyes immediately shone, "This is true, you won't be tricking me, right?"
"Don't worry, mother, this is true. I will announce it in the court in a few days and ask the Ministry of Rites to prepare for our trip to Jiangnan."
After receiving the news, Empress Dowager Zhou was smiling all over her face. She grabbed Jia Ke's hand, patted it gently and said, "I know you are a filial person. As long as you can go back to Jiangnan in this life, I will help you."
Even death is worth it."
"What did mother say? Are you going to be blessed in the future? Just enjoy your blessings."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Zhou laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. The maids and old mothers nearby also came to join in the fun, saying that Queen Mother Zhou was the luckiest person in the world.
Jia Ke returned to the Yangxin Hall after visiting the Queen Mother Zhou.
But Jia Ke didn't know that the palace was very strict about big things, but small things spread quickly.
In less than a day, everyone in the palace already knew that Jia Ke was planning to go to Jiangnan.
So many concubines who wanted to go to Jiangnan came to Cining Palace in a hurry and asked Empress Dowager Zhou to intercede and wanted to go to Jiangnan with them.
As expected, Jia Ke did not break his promise. Three days later, he held a court meeting and announced in public that he would go to Jiangnan to observe the people's sentiments.
The civil and military officials throughout the dynasty had long heard the news, and now that Jia Ke had spoken out in person, they were not too surprised.
If it were in the past, the court was short of money and food, and if Jia Ke wanted to go to Jiangnan, countless ministers would naturally come out to advise him.
But since Jia Ke reformed taxation, the court now has an income of 70 to 80 million taels every year. In addition to various expenses of the court, there is a surplus of at least 10 million taels of silver every year. All this money is piled in the treasury.
It's almost moldy.
And if the money is not mobilized, how can the officials below make a fortune from it? So after Jia Ke proposed to go to Jiangnan, the ministers did not object. Instead, they praised him one by one. They all said that Jia Ke had the people in his heart. Then
He is a rare wise king in the world.
In fact, these ministers knew in their hearts that Jia Ke wanted to go sightseeing in Jiangnan.
Jia Ke sat on the throne and saw that the ministers below agreed to go to Jiangnan, and the smile on his face never stopped.
Although Jia Ke has become emperor in recent years, he has never traveled far apart from fighting.
Jia Ke also yearned for Jiangnan very much. He envied Emperor Qianlong every time he visited Jiangnan. Now that he could finally imitate it, the delicacies and beauties of Jiangnan might be impatient.
Now that we are going to Jiangnan, we naturally have to arrange things in the court.
The imperial court had already experienced Jia Ke's absence several times, so he was naturally familiar with the situation. Fan Kang was still in charge of the capital, and Sun Yan, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, accompanied Jia Ke.
Moreover, this time Jia Ke would definitely take his concubines with him when he went to the south of the Yangtze River, so Xue Baochai could not be allowed to continue to sit in the palace. He could only choose one of the princes to oversee the country.
As for the candidates for the supervision of the country, everyone has been thinking about it. Among the adult princes now, only King Jia Zhi of Chu and King Jia Mao of Wu have this qualification. The others are either young or have mediocre qualifications.
So the ministers introduced these two options for Jia Ke to choose.
In fact, Jia Ke had already had an idea in his mind. When it came to choosing the person to supervise the country, Jia Ke still hoped to choose Wu Wang Jia Mao. However, after all, Chu Wang Jia Zhi was the eldest son. If he were to be put aside and used, Wu Wang Jia Mao would probably be unreasonable.
Moreover, Jia Ke also wanted to test Chu King Jia Zhi this time to see if he made any small moves when he was not in the capital, whether he was dedicated to serving the public or if he was hiding his petty intentions.
So Jia Ke issued an order in court that the King of Chu, Jia Zhi, would supervise the country on his behalf in his absence.
But just in case, Jia Ke still issued an imperial edict. During the period when Jia Ke was not in the capital, if the civil and military ministers in the capital felt that the matter was important and the King of Chu Jia Zhi was unable to realize it, he could go to the secret palace on his own.
800 li to be sent to Jia Ke on an expedited basis.