Time flies, the years pass by, and decades pass by in an instant, and now it is the forty-fifth year of Kangshun.
During the decades when Jia Ke was in power, the world was at peace and all barbarians surrendered, which can be said to be a rare moment of relaxation for the common people.
As Jia Ke reformed the civil service and developed maritime trade, the tax revenue of the imperial court was also increasing. Now, after all the expenses of the imperial court are used up every year, a balance of thirty to forty million taels is still left. This achievement has been unprecedented in the history of the dynasties.
It has never happened in all the ages.
In previous dynasties, if the annual tax revenue could cover all the expenses of the second year, it was considered a prosperous era. How could tens of millions of taels of silver be saved for future use?
In the palace, the current Empress Dowager Jia Mu had passed away 30 years ago and was buried in the Imperial Mausoleum in the western suburbs.
A few years after Jia's mother passed away, Jia Zheng also died of illness, and finally entered the Western Suburbs Imperial Tomb as the Supreme Emperor, as the ancestor of their branch.
After Jia Zheng's death, the Queen Mother's life became even worse. She had never dealt with Jia Ke. She was supported by Jia Zheng in the past, but now Jia Zheng is no longer there. Although she is said to be the Queen Mother in the palace
, but he encountered constraints everywhere and soon died of depression.
The most blessed person in the harem is Jia Ke's biological mother, the Queen Mother Zhou.
Although the empress dowager was not of high birth, she gave birth to a good son. She has been in a happy mood since Jia Ke ascended the throne. She has been in good health for so many years and is now nearly eighty years old.
At such an age, she can be said to be the longevity star in the palace, so now in the palace, all the good things are focused on the empress dowager first.
As a result, Queen Mother Zhou didn't last long, so she passed away before Jia Ke the year before last. From then on, Jia Ke fell seriously ill and it took three months for Jia Ke to fully recover.
If these are all trivial matters, then the most important thing in the court now is Jia Ke's successor.
For so many years, I don’t know what happened to Jia Ke, but he never established a prince.
So the sons of Jia Ke below, who thought they had some status, all peeped at the throne and tried their best to show off in front of Jia Ke.
But Jia Ke watched these sons fighting overtly and secretly as if they were watching a play. As long as they didn't make too much trouble, Jia Ke never interfered.
And the ministers below also saw Jia Ke's thoughts. Jia Ke was raising gu, trying to choose the one he liked most among his sons.
Therefore, many far-sighted ministers did not get involved in the real fight between these princes, because they knew that Jia Ke had not made up his mind yet, and if they failed to rely on these princes in the future, their wealth and life would not be guaranteed.
Besides, among Jia Ke's sons, the most active ones are Qi Wang Jia Hui, the son of imperial concubine Xue Baochai, Zhao Wang Jia Ming, son of imperial concubine Shi Xiangyun, and Wu Wang Jia Mao, son of Liang Fei Qiaolian.
These three princes fought overtly and secretly to compete for the position of crown prince. In addition to direct action, they used all kinds of conspiracies and tricks.
Not to mention, their mother's family behind them also began to contribute, and these three families now fought fiercely in the court.
Fortunately, Jia Ke controlled things well and did not give the three families too much power, so if they wanted to fight, it would only be a small fight and it would not affect the court situation.
In Prince Jing's palace, Jia She has passed away. Although Jia Lian is now Prince Jing, everything in the palace is under the control of Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng's son is now the eldest son of Prince Jin. After Jia Lian's death, he can
Now he is officially in charge of Prince Jing's Mansion.
Naturally, Jia Lian was unwilling to accept this kind of thing. After all, he knew that the prince was not his biological son.
Therefore, Shang Jia Lian made trouble several times and wanted to pass on the title of Crown Prince to his and Second Sister You's biological child.
But he had no control over this matter. Jia Ke was furious because of this matter. Once in court, he scolded King Jing for using his concubine to suppress his legitimate son.
Because of Jia Ke's firm attitude, Jia Lian was immediately frightened. From then on, he never dared to mention the matter of changing the crown prince. He could only eat, drink and have fun in the Fifth Middle School and no longer care about other things. But Jia Ke also
Instead of embarrassing Jia Lian too much, he directly granted a county title to Jia Lian's own son, which was considered to save him face.
Jia Baoyu in Prince Fu's Mansion lived a useless life. Ever since she married Fan Chunxia, she had no status at all in the mansion. All matters in the mansion were handled by Princess Fan, but Jia Baoyu was
He had a rough temperament, and he didn't pay much attention to Princess Fan's handling of matters in the palace. Instead, he focused on poetry and made friends with some talented people among the people. Therefore, the thousand-year-old Ming Dynasty was still very popular among literati.
Loud.
And Jia Lan, who lives in Prince Rong's palace, has not given up studying since he inherited the title of his father, Prince Rong. Therefore, his reputation among scholars is no worse than that of Jia Baoyu.
Only Jia Huan lived an honest life in his Prince Kang's palace, and did not create any romantic talents. However, he also lived a lifetime of prosperity and wealth, with many descendants.
On this day, Jia Ke had just celebrated his sixty-fifth birthday. He returned to the Yangxin Hall and closed his eyes to rest his mind, and fell asleep unconsciously.
In the hazy moment, Jia Ke felt that a voice between heaven and earth was calling him.
Jia Ke was confused and didn't know why, he followed the call of the voice and flew into the vast sky. After a while, he came to a void.
There was no matter up, down, left, or right in the void, but somehow, Jia Ke felt that there was a will surrounding him.
There was no sound coming from the surroundings, but Jia Ke felt that the sound told him that his life was coming soon and asked him to prepare quickly.
Then suddenly a pulling force came out, which directly pulled Jia Ke back to his body from the void. When Jia Ke woke up, he felt like he was covered in sweat.
Although it was a dream, Jia Ke felt that what had happened just now was too clear. He was thinking that over the years, he did not know whether it was good luck or something, but everything had been smooth sailing. He was thinking that when he was on the battlefield, he was blessed by the gods.
No injuries at all.
Jia Ke now thinks that this is probably a dream given to him by some god, telling him that time is running out and he should make plans early.
Jia Ke felt a little irritated when he thought of this. Jia Ke was not afraid of death, because Jia Ke had already died once in his previous life and traveled through the six realms of reincarnation.
Now that he knows what will happen after death, he is no longer afraid of death. The thing that annoys Jia Ke now is that there is not much time left for him, and he has not yet removed the obstacles for the successor.
Jia Ke just woke up in the middle of the night, sat on the bed and kept thinking until dawn, and finally had to make a decision. It seemed that he had to be ruthless and cut through the mess quickly. Otherwise, when he leaves, the court may
It's going to be chaos.
So the next day, the imperial court suddenly announced that King Jia Mu of Jin had won my heart and was renamed King of Yan.
When this bomb was thrown, the court was immediately torn to pieces.
You must know that this Prince of Yan is not easy to be named. The current imperial court is called the Great Yan Dynasty, and Jia Ke was also the King of Yan before he ascended the throne. Now that the prince is named King of Yan, Jia Ke’s meaning is already very clear.
, this prince is only one step away from ascending to the throne of prince.
And Jia Ke's imperial edict directly knocked the three princes who were fighting to the death into unconsciousness. They thought that the prince would be born among the three of them in the end, but they didn't expect that after they fought to the death, the position would fall to someone else.
in hands.
So these three people began to communicate with each other secretly. They wanted to get rid of this biggest threat to the outside world first, and then they competed for the position of crown prince.
Jia Ke knew that he didn't have much time, so he didn't hold back when the three sons started to communicate.
Then he issued several imperial edicts.
The first imperial edict is for King Jia Mao of Wu. The imperial edict says: King Jia Mao of Wu has been disrespectful in front of me many times. He has closed his door to think about his faults and cannot leave the house without obeying the imperial edict.
The second imperial edict was given to King Jia Hui of Qi. Because King Jia Hui of Qi corrupted the people and was defeated, he was specially demoted to Huangling to guard the graves of his ancestors for three years.
The third imperial edict was given to King Zhao Jia Ming. Because Jia Ke had many dreams about his ancestor Jia Daishan, saying that the tomb was uneasy, he ordered King Zhao to go to Jinling to check whether the tomb of his ancestor was in order.
With these three decrees, the three most powerful princes competing for the crown prince were either demoted or released.
At this time, there was no one in the court who could threaten King Jiamu of Yan.
And from then on, Jia Ke took him by his side and called him to handle government affairs at any time.
Sometimes we even directly hand over government affairs to him to see how well he can handle affairs.
And Jia Mu did not live up to Jia Ke's hope. Although he has not participated in the battle for the legitimate rights over the years, in fact, he is as wise as a fool, and the dragon hides in the abyss. Now, once he gained Jia Ke's trust, he immediately showed his talent.
He handled all the government affairs that Jia Ke entrusted to Jia Mu in an orderly manner.
To be honest, Jia Mu is much better than Jia Ke in handling government affairs.
After all, Jia Ke came from modern times and has stubborn modern thoughts in his thoughts, so it is inevitable that some things in handling government affairs are incompatible with ancient times.
Jia Mu was different. He was born in this ancient time. Although he was taught by Jia Ke, he was still an ancient person in his heart. Therefore, he was more thoughtful in handling government affairs and was closer to the thoughts of ancient people.
Like a fish in water.
And after a period of observation, Jia Ke had to admit that Jia Mubiao was stronger. If he didn't have a golden finger, he wouldn't be able to keep up with his own son.
Now Jia Ke is relieved. At the time, Jia Ke only doted on Jia Mu and did not expect that he would have such a talent. Now Jia Ke feels that his vision is indeed good, and he will leave this thousands of miles of land to himself in the future.
I can rest assured.
As time went by, civil and military officials began to slowly accept Jia Mu, and everyone now tacitly believed that this King Yan was the candidate for the future emperor.
Therefore, now Prince Yan's Mansion can be said to be bustling with people, and almost all the ministers of the imperial court have to go to see him every now and then to show their face in front of the future emperor.
And Jia Ke also sees this kind of thing clearly. If it were before, Jia Ke would have dealt with these people long ago, but now that he has decided to pass on the throne, he ignores the matter and even adds fuel to the flames by helping Jia Ke.