In the next few days, Jia Ke accompanied the Queen Mother to the Zhou family's ancestral home.
This place was originally just a thatched hut. Later, the ancestors of the Zhou family left Jinling with the first generation of Rongguo Gong Jiayan to fight.
Therefore, the thatched house has long been abandoned, but since it is their family's land after all, the land is still reserved for them.
When Jia Ke became prosperous, in order to curry favor with Jia Ke, the Jia clan people in the south demolished the original thatched cottage and changed it into several tile-roofed houses.
Since the people of the Zhou family in Jinling were not wealthy, ever since this tile-roofed house was built, people from the Zhou family had taken over it to live in it.
Some time ago, when Zhou Wang, the brother of Queen Mother Zhou, returned to Jinling, he found that his ancestral home had been occupied by his clansmen. He was also very angry at that time.
Zhou Wang wrote a message to the prefect of Jinling at that time, asking the prefect of Jinling to come forward to deal with the matter.
As soon as the prefect of Jinling heard that the person who posted the message to him was the uncle of the current dynasty, he did not dare to show any slightness, so he immediately took the government officials to Zhou Wang's ancestral home.
The owners who had occupied the house were all tribesmen. Where had I seen such a formation? They were immediately kicked out by the government officials and even their belongings were thrown into pieces.
After arriving here, Zhou Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered people to build a luxurious house around these tile-roofed houses, surrounding these tile-roofed houses in the middle.
Finally, with the persuasion of my wife, I calmed down, thinking that although my tribesmen were far apart, their lives were not good, and my own family was still the mainstay.
So Zhou Wang spent money to build dozens of houses near his ancestral home, brought all his tribesmen over, and bought hundreds of acres of land for them near the village, which was considered family land to support the tribesmen.
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At this time, the Zhou clan's grievances against Zhou Wang were immediately dissipated. At the same time, they were even more angry at the clan members who had occupied the tile-roofed house of Zhou Wang's family. These people were quickly summoned by the clan leader and stood up in front of them.
In the face of all the clan members, he was driven out of his house.
Naturally, everyone was happy next. Zhou Wang had gained fame, and the Chong clan people now praised him endlessly. And the Zhou clan people also had a job, and they no longer had to do odd jobs for others, or do small things in front of the old people of the Jia clan.
When Jia Ke and the others arrived, the first thing they saw was this luxurious courtyard. They walked around the courtyard for a long time before arriving at the Zhou family's ancestral home.
Queen Mother Zhou frowned when she came to these tile-roofed houses. She had heard from her father that their house was originally a thatched house.
In the end, Queen Mother Zhou sighed. She originally wanted to come back and take a look at the place where her ancestors lived, but now it seems that she took it for granted.
Jia Ke supported Empress Dowager Zhou at the side. Seeing his expression, she knew she was disappointed, so she dared to persuade her: "Mother, there is no need to be so sad. Although the house is no longer there, why don't we go to the Zhou family's ancestral grave to pay homage?"
It’s like meeting your ancestors.”
When Empress Dowager Zhou heard that this was true, she rested in the ancestral home that day, and the next day, led by other tribesmen, she went to the Zhou family's ancestral tomb to pay homage.
Finally, he reluctantly left this small village and returned to Jinling.
After the Empress Dowager Jia Kezhou returned to the palace, she then began to drive around the south of the Yangtze River and patrolled.
This time it’s not like when I came here, I was traveling around the mountains and rivers.
Everywhere he went this time, Jia Ke went deep into the people to check on the sufferings of the people. Sometimes he even called the village chiefs together and asked them if there was anything they needed the court to do.
Although Jia Ke was a bit of a showman, the effect was still good, because the people in ancient times were still very simple. Seeing that the Emperor actually sat down with them and mingled with them, asking about their sufferings, he naturally burst into tears of gratitude.
After Jia Ke's inspection for a month, he also learned some things about the people. In recent years, the weather has been smooth, the country is peaceful and the people are safe. In addition, Jia Ke has changed the taxation, and the common people can breathe a sigh of relief.
Although it is said that there are still some cases of rich families cheating on their father-in-law, there is no such thing as selling children or daughters because of famine years.
Seeing the current situation, Jia Ke was satisfied. After all, no dynasty or generation was absolutely fair, as long as it was generally passable.
After a month of patrolling outside, Jia Ke's Luan Jia returned to Jinling City. Now Jia Ke's mission has been completed.
In the next few days, Jia Ke visited all the scenic spots and historic sites near Jinling, accompanied by the prefect of Jinling and the wealthy households in Jinling and relatives of the Jia family.
Moreover, during this period, Jia Ke also had a happy event. It turned out that Xian Fei Chun Cao, who had not been pregnant for many years, was pregnant.
Originally, Chun Cao had not been pregnant for so many years. He thought that she had broken down while in Xuanfu Town and would never have a child again in this life. Unexpectedly, after so many years of recuperation and the lingering relationship with Jia Ke along the way, she
She turned out to be pregnant.
Jia Ke was also very happy when he got the news, because among Jia Ke's wives and concubines, Chuncao had been with him since he was a child.
In terms of feelings, Qin Keqing may be regarded as Jia Ke's lover, while Chuncao seems to be Jia Ke's relative.
The Queen Mother Zhou was also very happy that Chun Cao was pregnant. When Chun Cao was still a child of six or seven years old, she came to serve the Queen Mother Zhou.
At that time, it was better to say that it was a burden than to serve, so the Queen Mother Zhou raised Chun Cao as her daughter.
Jia Ke immediately issued a decree after Chun Cao became pregnant and made Chun Cao a noble concubine.
This action of Jia Ke made Qiao Lian very dissatisfied with herself. She had already given birth to a son for Jia Ke, and at such an old age, she did not see Jia Ke title her. This spring grass was just pregnant and was immediately crowned a noble concubine.
, isn’t this just looking at what others are doing?
So Qiaolian went to the Empress Dowager Zhou several times to seek an explanation from her.
The other one is Shu Fei Lanxiang. Although she already has a daughter, who doesn’t want to have a son? Now that she saw that Chun Cao was pregnant, she also became greedy, so she often met Jia Ke in the garden during this period.
And Jia Ke also knew a thing or two about the thoughts of these concubines, so he had been exposed to both rain and dew these days.
As a result, although Lanxiang had several affairs, there was no movement. On the contrary, Sanjie You also became pregnant after several affairs.
It should be said that Sister You is considered pretty among these women. In addition, she has a lively nature and can let go when she is with Jia Ke. Therefore, she has been favored over the years.
The only thing that makes Sister You regretful is that she has not been pregnant for so many years. This time she finally got what she wanted.
Seeing that two more of his women were pregnant, Jia Ke was not in the mood to stay in Jinling anymore, so he set off back to Beijing.
Jia Ke boarded the ship from Jinling, went all the way north along the canal, followed the route he came from, and finally disembarked in Tongzhou.
When we arrived in Tongzhou, we were already surrounded by soldiers.
It turned out that Jia Ke was afraid of another accident at this time. While he was still on the dragon boat, he had already sent someone to pass the decree to the three major camps, ordering the Xiaoqi camp with 50,000 troops to go south to Tongzhou to welcome him back to the capital.
With so many people protecting him, Jia Ke was naturally fine. When he returned to the capital, Fan Kang and Jia Yucun were at the gate of the capital with hundreds of civil and military officials, ten miles out of the capital to greet him.
Jia Ke just nodded to these ministers on the imperial chariot, and then returned to the palace.
Jia Ke had just returned to the palace and sent the Queen Mother Zhou back to Cining Palace. He immediately received a message from the Supreme Emperor Jia Zheng, asking Jia Ke to go to Kangning Palace immediately to discuss matters.
Jia Ke understood as soon as he heard this. This was Jia Zheng who wanted to ask King Chu Jia Zhi what mistake he had made.
Jia Ke did not waste any time. After coming out of the Cining Palace of the Empress Dowager Zhou, Luan Jia immediately turned towards the direction of Kangning Palace. When he arrived at the entrance of Kangning Palace, there were already eunuchs waiting for him, and then Jia Ke
Following the eunuch, they entered the main hall of Kangning Palace. Here, Jia Zheng was already waiting anxiously in the hall.
As soon as Jia Zheng saw Jia Ke coming in, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "What happened? Why should Jia Zhi be imprisoned?"
Jia Ke was silent for a long time, and finally said in a low tone: "Father, my son was assassinated twice along the way. In one of them, someone actually poisoned his son. If it weren't for his son, he would have died if he still had some skills left.
Already."
Jia Zheng was shocked when he heard this. He was not a fool. Now he understood the reason why Jia Zhi was imprisoned.
Jia Zheng also had a new understanding of Jia Zhi's boldness. He originally thought that Jia Zhi had done something disobedient to Jia Ke to make Jia Ke angry. Unexpectedly, Jia Zhi actually committed patricide.
offense.
Jia Zheng let out a long breath when he thought of this, and then said: "Then what are you going to do in the future?"
Jia Ke's face was gloomy, and finally he said slowly: "Although he wants my life, he can be ruthless, but I can't be unjust. I thought about imprisoning her in the palace and letting him live like this for the rest of his life.
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Jia Zheng was satisfied after hearing Jia Ke's promise. What he fears most now is father and son killing each other. Since Jia Ke has let Jia Zhi go, he should be punished. Who made him do such a heinous thing?
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Only now did Jia Zheng sigh and began to comfort Jia Ke, "Don't be too sad. Have there been fewer such things in the royal family since ancient times? Let's talk about the former emperor and the supreme emperor, the supreme emperor and the former prince, which one has been calm again?
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Jia Ke nodded. Since ancient times, fathers and sons have often killed each other in the royal family. For the sake of the throne, some people will do anything.
Jia Zheng then said: "Now Jia Zhi is imprisoned here, you can take him away soon."
After Jia Ke heard this, a fierce light suddenly appeared in your eyes, and you finally said in a sinister tone: "I don't want to see this traitor."
After Jia Ke said this, he ordered Li Deshan next to him: "Send this traitor to Jiapidao and imprison him. No one is allowed to visit him without my order."
After hearing Jia Ke's words, Li Deshan immediately bowed and left.