Imperial City, Fengzao Palace.

As soon as Emperor Long An walked to the outside of the Dongnuan Pavilion in the side hall and stopped the Zhaorong concubines from saluting, he heard a strange cry coming from inside......

"Today...... Drink the celebration wine...... Unfulfilled ambition...... Swear! ”

This ridiculous and strange tone made Emperor Long An twitch the corners of his mouth, and his face gradually became strange.

Listening to the voice of the master again, his bastard son Li Xuan scolded angrily: "Jia Qiang, if you don't sing it, let it sing first, you sing so beautifully, you still make fun of you?" ”

"Hahaha!"

Jia Qiang's laughter erupted, and then, Empress Yin's gentle and warm laughter also sounded.

Li Xuan was obviously annoyed and angry, and he was about to go crazy, and shouted: "Queen Mother!!" ”

Empress Yin was still partial to her son in the end, and said, "Jia Qiang, it's your turn!" Since you said it just now, let Xiao Wu'er sing first, and now he sings, it's up to you. ”

Jia Qiang's helpless voice sounded: "Niangniang, the minister didn't say that he wanted to sing...... It's the prince himself who is happy, and he has to show off! ”

Li Xuan quacked and shouted: "It was you who overthrew Li You, the king of Zhongshun, and sang happily out of the palace!" ”

Jia Qiang sighed and reminded: "Lord Wang, you can eat indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense." Prince Zhongshun saw that the embroidered guards copied the treasures of the Internal Affairs Office from his family's treasury, which were presented to the emperor by Fanbang, and he dared to hide them privately. After being exposed, he came up and beat me in anger, but he tripped over his right foot without paying attention, and then he fell, and he had nothing to do with me! ”

Li Xuan laughed and said: "You have to do it, you say that if you don't have anything to do with it, you don't have anything to do with it, and you tripped over your right foot with your left foot...... It's okay to push it! Sing quickly, sing quickly, my mother's words are also the will, the will! Jia Qiang, do you still dare to resist the decree...... "Say it?" He said to Empress Yin again: "Queen Mother? Listen to it today, Erchen has seen arrogance? I've never seen anything so arrogant! Listen to it! ”

Empress Yin smiled: "Jia Qiang? Sing it and listen to it. There are no outsiders here, who will laugh at you? You see Li Xuan singing. ”

Jia Qiang obviously can't shirk it? After clearing his throat, he spoke: "Mother? Is the minister different from the prince? The minister still wants to face ......"

"Jia Qiang! Look, you're going to die! ”

This turn almost didn't flash Li Xuan's old waist, making him thunderous.

At the moment of his mother's death, he is obviously willing to be a son who is dressed in colorful clothes.

Because the more people who have lived in this deep palace of the world's supreme and noble, the more they know how cold and ruthless this palace is.

So? Is Li Xuan really willing to put down his face? Let Empress Yin be happy and happy.

Jia Qiang, under Empress Yin's request again, finally sang:

"Drink the celebration wine today, and the ambition is not rewarded! Come to Japan to show your skills, and be willing to write the Spring and Autumn Festival with blood! ”

Just four sentences, a very simple drama? In fact, it is not even Peking Opera, but a model opera of a certain period......

And what is often heard in the palace today? In one sentence, seven or eight allusions can be dismantled from Kunqu Opera, and it is not on the same table.

But? Although the words are plain, they vividly express the pride and will in the hearts of the singers.

Empress Yin looked at Jia Qiang? pursed her lips and smiled: "Jia Qiang? Are your ambitions unrewarded? What kind of ambition is unpaid? ”

Li Xuan covered his head and said: "Don't ask, the queen mother, it's overseas if you ask, this guy is stunned!" ”

Yin Houdeng laughed, but Jia Qiang was not convinced, and said: "Going overseas is just a means, and it can be regarded as benefiting the country and the people if you can bring those powerful Western means back to Dayan!" Isn't that ambition? ”

Empress Yin said with a smile: "In ancient times, there were Sanzang mages who learned scriptures from the West, and now there are Western tricks from the Marquis of Dayan...... I don't know if your ambition will be a good story in the future. ”

"Humph!"

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Long An walked in and said, "Where have you arrived, and you have started drinking celebration wine?" ”

When Empress Yin saw Emperor Long An come in, she was obviously surprised, got up to greet her, and said with a smile: "These two, today they said that they had made a great contribution, and said that the errand given to them by the emperor was completed in only two days, and they were thinking about going hunting outside the city in two days." ”

When Emperor Long An heard this, he looked at the two of them with scrutinizing eyes.

Obviously, both of them were restrained, not as happy as Fang Cai laughing and singing......

Emperor Long An looked at Jia Qiang and said, "Still going hunting?" I was ambushed and killed last night, so I don't have a long memory? Didn't you rush to death like this? ”

Jia Qiang said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not going now. After a few days, the prince straightens out the clan, and the ministers and ministers also straighten out, and then those who want to assassinate the ministers, the people who want to offend will go to the sea! In order to get rich, they can't protect their ministers, who is willing to kill them? ”

Looking at Jia Qiang's young face, full of confidence, Emperor Long An didn't know what to say for a while.

If it is really according to Jia Qiang's words, the annual dividends are distributed to those people for a few thousand taels of silver a year, which is worth the harvest of seven or eight big Zhuangzi in a year, and those people really want to give him three points......

It's just that......

Emperor Long An frowned and said, "There are really so many? If they occupy one cent, they can divide it into three or five thousand taels, and one share is three and a half hundred thousand taels, and I account for eighty percent, so wouldn't they have to collect millions of taels a year? The treasury of the household department only collects 40 million taels of tax silver a year, and you can reach the treasury of one percent with an internal affairs office? People are all one against a hundred, great with one against ten thousand, do you dare to think, with one to pay tens of millions of people's taxes? ”

Jia Qiang waved her hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is really nothing new, and it is not something that a minister can do. If you invite the proprietor of the Thirteen Lines of Yangcheng in Guangdong Province and delegate power to him with great trust, he will probably be even better than the ministers. In the eyes of those Jin merchants, Hui merchants, Zhejiang merchants, and Guangdong merchants, I am afraid that they are not even Zhongping. ”

Emperor Long An's face darkened, and he said, "You can't even count Zhongping, so what are those ministers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Are they all stupid as pigs and dogs? ”

Li Xuan: "......"

He looked at Jia Qiang with unkind eyes, feeling deeply offended.

Empress Yin saw that Jia Qiang was a little embarrassed next to her, so she smiled and said with relief: "In the end, you are young, although your husband and Han Xiang are bent on reforming the government and government, and use the examination method to urge officials from other provinces to collect taxes and fill the treasury." But the silver that the court wants is not the kind of silver that merchants want. If you take the merchant's money and give it to the officials, so that they will know it, I am afraid that some people would rather starve to death than look at it.

Jia Qiang, even the palace understands this truth, why should you be arrogant? The emperor wants you to be the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not only because you can make money, but also because he favors and trusts you, so you don't have to put the cart before the horse. ”

What else can Jia Qiang say, she can only thank her, and then said truthfully: "Your Majesty, the minister is indeed confident that the Internal Affairs Office will become the number one business in the world." But it also needs the emperor to send a person who can really suppress the greed and corruption and indiscriminately stretch out his hand to the money bank, and urge the money bank to strictly abide by the rules, even to the point that even the military aircraft department and the emperor cannot change it casually. As long as this is achieved, the minister dares to guarantee that within a hundred years, the heavenly family will no longer have to worry about the lack of silver. In fact, the minister suggested that the queen mother should be the governor......"

Empress Yin was obviously taken aback when she heard this, and after looking at Jia Qiang, she turned to Emperor Long An and smiled: "Is there anything bolder than him?" ”

Jia Qiang hurriedly added: "Niangniang, the minister is not open-mouthed, and Niangniang treats the Yin family so strictly. Today, I went to the Kehuai County Mansion and the Kerong County Palace, and the prince was also in the name of Niangniang, and told the King of Kehuai County and the King of Kerong County that the Niangniang was a little disappointed after knowing what they did, so they did not say a word, and returned the silver taken from the Internal Affairs Office, and said that they would cooperate with the household department to conduct an inventory of the acres of land in Wangzhuang. Therefore, the minister thought that if Niangniang was the chief owner of this house of internal affairs, she would definitely prevent others from reaching out to it to the greatest extent. ”

Empress Yin wanted to say something, but Emperor Long An waved his hand and said to Jia Qiang: "Since I have handed over the Internal Affairs Office to you and Li Xuan, what should I do, and who should I ask to be the chief owner...... Just do it yourself. In short, don't stab Lou Zi for me...... It's good to have the queen watching you, and I can rest assured. "At the moment, for Emperor Long An, there is nothing important except for the new policy. The so-called chief owner seems to him to be no different from child's play. At present, the power of the six palaces of Empress Yin has been handed over to Jia Yuanchun, and he doesn't have to accompany him to watch the excerpts at night, he is arranging all kinds of light medicinal meals every day, or inviting him to go to the back garden on time to take a walk and move his muscles.

He saw all these in his eyes, and he was very satisfied in his heart, so he was happy to see Li Xuan and Jia Qiang, two juniors, and get some new gadgets to entertain their relatives.

After a pause, Emperor Long An glanced at Dai Quan, and asked Jia Qiang again: "At this node, you send the relatives of the Jia family and Lin Aiqing's daughter to the ship to go south, Jia Qiang...... Those people even dared to surround and kill my embroidered guards. Until now, the case has not been solved, and it is difficult to find clues...... Aren't you afraid that someone will go crazy and hack your ship? ”

Jia Qiang smiled when she heard this, and said, "Your Majesty, if you travel by land, the minister really doesn't dare." But the waterways ...... The minister is now the commander of the embroidered guard, and he happened to have recently sent the three thousand households, the twelve hundred households, and their most profitable henchmen and assistants south. In addition, in the past year, the minister has invested more silver than a gold mountain in the canal, and his relationship with the Cao Gang is also good...... After all, the thief can't get on the stage, and if he doesn't show up, he will just pay it back, if he shows some traces, the minister will remove this great harm for the emperor, and also avenge Wei Yong! The minister didn't believe it, those who hid under the ground and didn't dare to show it, what kind of climate could they become! ”

When Emperor Long An heard this, he looked at the high-spirited Jia Qiang and nodded slowly, and said to Empress Yin: "Looking at them, I always feel that I am old......

Li Xuan had the courage to comfort Emperor Long'an and said: "Father, either you are old, or you will go back for another thirty years, and you will not be as braggart as he is!" ”

Emperor Long An snorted, and Empress Yin glanced at Li Xuan with disgust, and then smiled and persuaded: "Don't be harsh on the children, it's rare that he can be so honest and tell the emperor everything in his heart." Although the concubines didn't know about the previous court affairs, they thought that those courtiers would never be like Jia Qiang, who was willing to tell the emperor all the plans in their hearts. The concubine felt that it was rare and really good. She looked at Jia Qiang, obviously the more she looked at it, the more pleasing it became.

Emperor Long An smiled: "Good! Since the queen spoke for him like this, I didn't say much. ”

After that, he looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Are you still going to Li Xiao and Li Shi's mansion today?" ”

Li Xuan laughed dryly, nodded and said: "Several old kings and princes in the clan are talking about cool things, saying that the third brother and the fourth brother are not less profitable in the internal affairs mansion, see if Erchen and Jia Qiang can deal with it impartially, Erchen has no way, so he asked for the third brother and the fourth brother's mansion." But fortunately, they are all reasonable and supportive of Erchen and Jia Qiang's errands. Father, now there is no need to issue Rausch bonds, and the silver recovered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is enough to lend to the household department. ”

Emperor Long An said noncommittally, and then asked, "What did you say about the Ning Palace?" ”

Li Hui, the king of Ning, was the previous minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and when the emperor was there, Li Hui and Li Chun and Li Ming, the sons of the king of Yiping County, were all frequent visitors to Jiuhua Palace.

In contrast, except for Li Shi, the Li Xuan brothers were not treated well by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

Li Hui, the king of Ning, was the most favored, so he took charge of the internal affairs office, and his position did not change even after Emperor Long An ascended the throne, until a few months before the death of the emperor, he himself resigned as the head of the internal affairs office.

It is conceivable how much Li Hui fished in the Internal Affairs Office......

Hearing Emperor Long'an's words, Jia Qiang was silent, and Li Xuan whispered: "Father, Jia Qiang was originally going to take the embroidered clothes guard, but was stopped by his son......"

When Emperor Long An heard this, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and Empress Yin on the side also stared at him......

Emperor Long An asked in a deep voice, "Why did you stop Jia Qiang?" You even dare to take people to your third and fourth brothers' mansions, but you don't dare to go to King Ning's mansion? ”

Li Xuan hurriedly explained: "Father, when Erchen and Jia Qiang went to the third and fourth brothers' mansions, they didn't dare to bring embroidered guards, Erchen borrowed the mother's signboard, otherwise they wouldn't have beaten it out?" As for Brother Ning Wang...... Erchen always felt that the identity of Brother Ning was not quite the same, many people in the court treated him differently, and even his father didn't treat him more kindly than other clan disciples? Erchen couldn't figure out the situation on Brother Ning's side, so he pressed Jia Qiang and didn't let him go there. ”

Emperor Long An's eyes narrowed, and after looking at Li Xuan for a while, he turned to Jia Qiang and asked, "Are you going to Ning Wangfu?" ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "The minister also knows the name of the so-called grandson of the Emperor Taishang...... But the minister didn't quite understand that the old Prince Yizhong was deposed for a bad thing, as the son of a sinner, the emperor gave the prince a knighthood, and treated each other kindly, it has been considered benevolent and righteous, what else? He is not greedy enough, and he reaches out to the internal affairs office to be corrupt, is he living up to the emperor's grace, can he let him go? What makes sense! ”

Li Xuan scolded in a low voice: "You know what a fart!" The man Li Hui ...... Anyway, it's very troublesome! It doesn't matter if you beat the king of Zhongshun, but if you move the king of Ning......"

Jia Qiang asked: "He violated the law of the country, what can I do if I move him?" ”

Li Xuan scolded with a smile: "Except for the shrewdness of silver in your brain, the others are not as good as me!" He turned back to Emperor Long An and said: "Father, the son said that he was not convinced by Jia Qiang, you teach him a lesson!" ”

Emperor Long An sighed, although there was no smile on his face, but it was rare to have a smile, and said: "It's rare that Xiao Wu also has a time to teach...... The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in deficit, so that's it. The recovery of the recovery is completed, and the compensation of the compensation is exhausted. You can also discuss how to adjust the officials of the three chambers and the seven divisions. Again, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be supported. You don't have to worry about the rest. Jia Qiang, when dealing with the affairs of the lords, you must always be cautious. I believe that you know what I mean. ”

After that, Emperor Long An said to Empress Yin: "I went back first, and there are still a few excerpts that have not been approved." ”

Empress Yin hurriedly led Jia Qiang and Li Xuan to send them off, and after Emperor Long An left, Empress Yin turned around, stared at Jia Qiang with phoenix eyes, and said with a smile: "You bad thing, why didn't you tell the palace when the emperor didn't come, and you want to ask the palace to be the head of the money village of the Lao Shizi Internal Affairs Office?" ”

Li Xuan was also dissatisfied: "I will shoot my father's ass...... Dragon fart! This kind of thing should be said by the master! Ye is the first minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and you are at most second! ”

Jia Qiang ignored this grandson, and said to Yin Hou: "Niangniang, the minister also had an idea, not deliberately. However, the minister now feels that Niangniang is becoming more and more suitable for this position. ”

Empress Yin returned to the phoenix couch and sat down, and the moment she bowed down, Jia Qiang lowered her eyes......

After Yin Hou sat upright, he saw Li Xuan staring at Jia Qiang, and couldn't help but be curious: "What is Wu'er looking at?" ”

Li Xuan laughed and said: "Queen Mother, Jia Qiang actually blushed, it can be seen that he is saying flattering words, and even he himself feels ashamed!" Otherwise, how can you blush? ”

Jia Qiang tugged at the corners of her mouth and said, "It's the earth dragon that is too hot!" The prince thought too much...... Doesn't the prince think that Niangniang is the most suitable for this position? ”

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "I don't want the queen mother to fall into disputes, Qian Zhuang will inevitably provoke many lawsuits, why bother the peace of the queen mother?" ”

Jia Qiang didn't say much when she heard this, and Empress Yin looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "This palace will think about this matter, it's not too early, you guys should leave the palace." ”

……

Out of the imperial city, more than 100 guards around Jia Qiang and more than 100 palace guards around Li Xuan protected the front and back, left and right.

In the dark, there are also embroidered guards and perhaps guards from the CRRC Mansion hidden, waiting for the appearance of assassins who do not know whether they exist......

Li Xuan turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, and saw that Jia Qiang frowned and was a little impatient, and persuaded: "Bear with me, the people in the back will not be able to hide forever, sooner or later after killing them, be more brisk." Jia Qiang, when you're done with this, do you really go hunting outside? ”

Jia Qiang smiled: "Of course, I haven't hunted well yet." As he spoke, he squeezed his eyes at Li Xuan.

Li Xuanden reacted, smiled hehe, and said, "Interesting!" Such a stubborn thing, the master naturally has to go. ”

Jia Qiang laughed and said, "Let's finish the errand first......"

Li Xuan laughed, but took the reins, brought the yellow horse closer to Jia Qiang for a while, and lowered his voice: "Jia Qiang, when are you going to do it over there in the Yun family?" Don't be late, in case that girl suffers from lovesickness, she doesn't think about the tea and rice she wants, and she can't sleep, but how can she get it? ”

Jia Qiang smiled angrily: "It's not that I won't go, I really can't think of how to get that Yun family girl out." Lord Wang, this is not child's play! ”

Li Xuan hurriedly said: "Why can't you think of it?" Your imperial concubine is very good to the nobles of the Yun family, and you won't know if you come to the Yun family. You go to the door to ask for it, it is impossible for the Yun family not to give it! If he really can't get his face down, the head of the Xunyun family hints that his family will definitely give it. Jia Qiang, this matter is done, the master promises, I will send you three best nurses! ”

"Fart, less bullshit!"

Jia Qiang scolded angrily.

Li Xuan smiled and said, "In this way, if you should do this, the master will find a good errand for the big fool of the Xue family in the Internal Affairs Office, and save him from jumping around like a fly all day long, how about it?" ”

Jia Qiang hesitated and said, "How is the prince going to settle the Yun family girl?" If you give up on it, or go back and let the princess die...... Then I won't do this immoral thing. ”

"Bullshit!"

Li Xuan scolded: "Who are you the master? No matter what, the master will not treat his own woman badly, let alone the woman he likes! The reason why I can't take it back to the palace is because of the relationship between Yun Guiren, the generation is wrong, and this is still Yun Guiren's sister...... If my father knew, I was afraid that he would be able to pinch me to death...... Didn't you tell you, buy a house near your home, and you will take care of it, so you can rest assured. However, you are not allowed to go when the master is away. ”

Jia Qiang said angrily: "Do you still need to say this?" ”

While speaking, when he reached the fork in the road, Li Xuan admonished: "Hurry up!" ”

Then he took the people back to the palace.

Jia Qiang also took people to Xicheng, but did not go back to Ning Mansion directly, but went to Xue Mansion.

……

Ningfu back street, Xianger Hutong.

Aunt Xue's house.

When Jia Qiang lifted the half-old red curtain and came in, Baochai was the only one in the house.

Jia Qiang couldn't sit down anymore and asked, "Why is my sister alone at home?" ”

Baochai is doing needlework on the kang, holding a black and oily bun on her head, wearing a honey-colored cotton jacket, a rose-purple two-color gold and silver mouse shoulder gown, and a green and yellow silk cotton skirt, one color is half new and not old, and it looks luxurious.

The lips are red without dotting, the eyebrows are green without painting, the eyes are like apricots, and the skin is like snow.

Hearing the words, Baochai raised her head and looked at it in a bit of confusion, and when she saw that it was Jia Qiang, she hurriedly got up and smiled: "Why is Brother Qiang here?" My mother was called by the old lady to wipe the dominoes, and her son has not come back yet. My brother also went out, saying that he went to eat and drink with a man named Feng Ziying, and he hasn't come back yet......" While saying, he also quietly looked at Jia Qiang, and saw that he was wearing a purple and gold crown, wearing a bullfighting suit, a sword hanging from his waist, and stepping on blue satin dragon pattern soap boots. The eyebrows are delicate and handsome, the face is like a crown of jade, and the body is as straight as a pine, there is no lack of heroism, she finally smiled: "Brother Qiang, is there something?" Sit down. ”

Jia Qiang hesitated, but sat down next to the kang, saw Baochai go to the table to pour tea, and said: "I just met Ying'er, and she didn't say that her sister was at home alone." ”

Baochai pursed her lips and smiled: "Ying'er has been trained by you, and she has always been afraid of you." ”

Saying that, he brought tea over and let Jia Qiang go.

Recently, Jia Qiang smiled, took the tea, took a bite, and put it on the kang table, and said strangely: "How much have I trained her?" She is your girl, and you should train her. ”

Baochai smiled: "It's because of Xiangling's matter, she misunderstood, and then I disciplined her." ”

Jia Qiang thought about it and said with a smile: "Xiangling was only given to me by Brother Xue at that time, and she served me to rest at night, but she didn't do anything...... I got up early and went out for morning exercises, and when I came back, I saw Ying'er beating Xiangling. It was also for my sister's sake that I didn't beat her. ”

Speaking of this, Baochai's pretty face was slightly gloomy, and she shook her head and said, "I really don't know how to mention the things my brother did. Brother Qiang came to look for my brother, is there something wrong? ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "I just came back from the palace, and now I have some good errands in the Internal Affairs Mansion, so I want to ask Brother Xue, but I want to go to the Internal Affairs Mansion on an errand." People who are about to get married are always dangling outside, and it's not a serious thing. To be able to have an errand with her, my aunt and sister Bao are also relieved. But since Brother Xue is not here, I'll come back and ask. ”

When Baochai heard this, her clear eyes looked at Jia Qiang in a daze, until she saw that he was about to get up and leave, and her heart was inexplicably flustered, full of what her brother had said, and when Jia Qiang left with a smile, she blurted out: "Brother Qiang, wait." ”

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