Kehe County Palace, Baohe Hall.

Inside the East Warm Pavilion.

The silver frost charcoal in the smoke cage was burning, and the incense mixed with the charcoal fire made the entire warm pavilion fragrant.

On the ebony square lamp stands on both sides of the corner, candles illuminate the whole room.

In the center, there is a sea bluestone frame sandalwood round table, and three nanmu chairs are placed around the round table.

There are twelve dishes on the table, including four cold and eight hot, and a bucket of rice......

Li Xuan played extraordinarily, and after eating four bowls of rice, he gritted his teeth and looked at Jia Qiang, and worked to the eighth bowl of rice in one go......

Seeing the princess Qiu on the side looking at Jia Qiang with admiration, she became more and more angry and said, "What are you looking at?" He eats like a pig, what is there to admire? ”

Qiu Shi smiled angrily and said, "Master, please host, there are still suspects who eat a lot?" ”

Jia Qiang snorted and said, "He is pure jealousy, seeing me eat so much, his posture is still very elegant, which is pleasing to the eye." Look at the prince again, it tastes like a pig grabbing food......"

Qiu Shi laughed, but then shut up under Li Xuan's eyes like he was going to eat people, and said with Jia Qiang: "Ning Hou and eat more, our master is kind to everyone, but in his bones, I am afraid that there is only one Ning Hou." Anyway, none of those people in my mother's family can let him look at it squarely. This time, the Qiu family was able to come out of the mud pit thanks to you. If it weren't for the body, I would have given you a cup. ”

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "The princess doesn't have to be polite, she has the dignity of the prince and the princess, so she just does her best." Actually, nothing was done. ”

Qiu said with a smile: "That's not what I said, look at the fact that there is a prince and two county kings in the clan today, even they are like this, not to mention the Qiu family?" Although the Qiu family lost the errand of the Internal Affairs Office, they also escaped the catastrophe. Otherwise, today, the seven divisions of the three courtyards and one pot will inevitably trap the Qiu family in it. ”

Jia Qiang smiled and glanced at Li Xuan, Li Xuan cleared his throat and said majestically: "You go and get busy with you, the master and Jia Qiang will talk about some big things that the master said when he was a child." ”

Qiu Shi didn't look at him angrily, but he didn't force him to stay and listen, snorted, and said goodbye to Jia Qiang? Fang turned and left.

After Qiu left, Li Xuan didn't frolic anymore, he smacked his mouth? Said: "Jia Qiang? What did you say earlier? Although most of it is nonsense, some of it also has some truth. I didn't expect such a toss today? can actually toss the duanzhong county king into it! When the Emperor was still there? It's unthinkable! But isn't that too good? Even if there is the old man of Shuncheng County King in front, you are afraid that you will still be hated. Actually, the credit for this is really not yours......"

Jia Qiang raised her eyebrows? Dao: "In you? ”

Talking? I scooped up a bowl of purple ginseng pheasant soup and drank it all in one gulp.

Do you have something to talk about? In addition to Li Xuan's personal eunuch Lu Feng in the house? There are no maids.

Lu Feng wants to come forward to serve? was also waved back by Jia Qiang? Scooped another bowl.

Li Xuan scolded with a smile: "Everyone in your room has gone to Jiangnan, what are you doing with so much purple ginseng chicken soup?" The nurse in the grandfather's house can't give it to you now! ”

Jia Qiang scolded with a smile, and Li Xuan said again: "Of course, the master accounts for most of today's credit, and the remaining half is a small half?" It's your husband's. He doesn't point to the maze? You can't think of using the Emperor's aftermath to make a knife. Is your husband really a great one? But where is he only pointing you to? The rest is done under the teachings of the master...... Jia Qiang, the master doesn't advise you and the clan to ease the relationship? You dog temper, I guess I can't get this face. What should I do? Those are uncles and brothers, and they can't keep stiff, can they? You give the master an idea, how can you make them hate the master less? You too, just copy Prince Yimin's Mansion and Duanzhong County Palace, you have to mix up the other palaces and return the money and land together, and add revenge to revenge, and kill a person......"

Jia Qiang was a little apologetic and said, "Isn't this trying to help my husband share some of the burden?" If you don't take this opportunity, use the banner of the emperor, and wait until you look back and then want to recover the land to recover the shortfall, how much effort will it take? ”

"Nonsense!"

Li Xuan said angrily: "Master doesn't know this? But the more effort is saved at this time, the more aggrieved they will be, and the greater the hatred! Jia Qiang, isn't the master talking to you stubbornly, don't underestimate the clan, they are really making trouble, my father and emperor will give three points of decency. Over the years, my father has suffered less anger in their hands? But you see, they have all been on the throne for a few years, but is there any good way to deal with them? If they really let them hold a grudge to death, something big will happen sooner or later. There's no such thing as a thousand days to prevent thieves, isn't it? ”

Jia Qiang glanced at Li Xuan sideways and said, "Don't say it, once or twice a while, the prince is really wiser than me......"

After Li Xuan scolded with a smile, he urged: "Don't talk nonsense!" I don't know how much wiser you are, do you still need to say it? Hurry up! ”

Jia Qiang sighed and said, "The prince is still afraid of them?" ”

Li Xuan said in a rare and serious manner: "Jia Qiang, as the saying goes: those of the Bo clan will have no good children and grandchildren!" You are not stingy with your Jia family, and you have put a lot of thought into that family study. You're like this, can't you be as good as you? Besides, the master is not only for himself. ”

He eased the relationship between the clan, and to some extent, it also meant that Jia Qiang eased such a bad relationship.

Jia Qiang thought for a while and said, "Actually, I said a method before, but it's just a lure ......."

Li Xuan was extremely smart, and he thought of it at once, and said, "You mean the shares of the money bank of the Internal Affairs Bureau?" ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said: "The prince can explain from door to door, this share is worth 10,000 gold!" The emperor took out two transactions for us, and I insisted that 20,000 taels of silver per share was necessary, but it was your repeated requests that persuaded me to reduce it to 10,000 taels of silver per share. And it can be guaranteed that after three years, the annual dividend will be three thousand taels, and after five years, the annual dividend will be five thousand taels! If it can't be reached, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will make up for it! ”

Li Xuan gasped and said, "Jia Qiang, are you crazy?" At such a big price? After three years, where will we get 300,000 taels of silver to give them dividends? Five years later, 500,000 taels a year? No, there is still one percent, it will be divided into 600,000, 1 million taels?! ”

Jia Qiang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about making money, after I deliver the errand of embroidery and clothing next year, I will do my best to deal with the affairs of the Internal Affairs Office." Under the conditions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is not difficult to earn money. Not to mention, using the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to expand the production of coal kilns, just selling coal for a year is a huge amount of wealth. I have some other ways to make money, especially overseas...... Lord, I don't lie to you. The biggest purpose of letting them take shares is to let them deal with those sour and rotten Confucians. Overseas development must not be constrained by domestic constraints. Only when they taste the sweetness will they block the dark arrow behind us for us! ”

Li Xuan stared at Jia Qiang and said, "Do you really want to go to sea to the West?" ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "I'm really impatient to fight for power and profit with my own people in Shenjing City. And my relationship with the king of Ke Huai County...... It's hard to put into words. Even if it weren't for him in the future, a character like me would offend so many people, and it would be difficult for the world to tolerate it. So, it's better to go out and be quiet. However, it is not a matter of the past three or five years, and it will always be said after my husband's lifelong ambition has been realized. ”

Li Xuan looked at Jia Qiang, sighed, and said, "What are you doing offending so many people?" If you want to help you, how can you help? That's it, just listen to you, when the time comes, you go to sea first, and after gaining a foothold outside, you have to go and find you to play! ”

Jia Qiang laughed and said, "Don't worry, there will be good things when the time comes." ”

Li Xuan shook his head, he didn't know what he was thinking, his face was not very good-looking, but he didn't say anything more, and paused: "Dealing with the clan like this, then how are you going to deal with Xungui's side?" ”

Jia Qiang smiled, didn't hide it, and said: "The prince wants to ease relations with the clan, so he naturally uses this method of lure. I'm different, if I go to the door to coax, not only will they not subscribe, but they will ridicule and ridicule, which is really self-inflicted. So, I had to ask them to come to the door themselves. ”

When Li Xuan heard this, he smiled and asked, "What bad ideas do you have?" ”

"Bad idea? Is this called Gao Ming? ”

After Jia Qiang replied angrily, she smiled and said: "When the prince went to the palaces to talk about things, he said one more thing, just say that I left one percent of the single door, and I wanted to sell it to the founding heroes, only to the ten families of the founding family, and the rest had no share, and complained again, saying that this was the emperor's reward to all the ministers...... Finally, let them keep quiet. After the prince finished speaking, it won't be more than three days, and someone will come to the door! ”

When Li Xuan heard this, he gasped and scolded: "What a nasty seed! You let your grandfather run from house to house, and you sit at home and wait for them to come to the door? ”

Jia Qiang laughed and said: "The prince wants to ease the relationship, but I don't need it!" The prince promised to go out of the benefits, and in the future, he was the little Wu'er who everyone in the clan loved, I sold my shares, and I still hated the Jia family, can it be the same? ”

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you have to be a person who offends people?" Can't you also learn from the master, give people a smile, and say something soft? Why can't you listen to you! ”

Jia Qiang sighed, shook her head and said: "The prince and the kings of the clan have no conflict of interests, and they are princes, so those people don't want to form mortal enemies with the prince, and if they are supplemented by benefits, they will naturally be resolved." But the founding heroes are in the same vein, and the Yuanping heroes are in the same vein, especially with the people and horses on Zhao Guogong's side, which are almost incompatible. If you really want to impress them by giving away money for nothing, it is pure wishful thinking. Therefore, the founding heroes and Yuanping can at most seek coexistence in the struggle, and do not break through the bottom line. ”

After that, he raised his glass to Li Xuan and said: "No matter what, it is the greatest honor of the prince to be friends with a temperamental person like the prince!" ”

Li Xuan laughed and said, "Count you as a kid!" ”

Clinking glasses with Jia Qiang, after drinking it all, he suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Jia Qiang with unkind eyes and said, "Whose honor do you say?" ”

Jia Qiang laughed, and after taking three or two bites of rice in the bowl, she got up and said, "It doesn't matter whose honor it is, it's very happy anyway!" It's not too early, lord, take your leave! ”

Li Xuan asked, "What did Ming'er do?" ”

Jia Qiang thought for a while and said, "I have to sing enough, and I will bring people to greet a few families in the next few days, but I don't have to raid the house, just interrogate a few words, and scare and scare." The prince sang with a red face, picked out the innocent ones, and began to appease them one by one. There are just a few routines left and right, finish it early, pull it down early! When this one is finished, go hunting for a few days in Zhuangzi outside the city? ”

When Li Xuan heard this, his ears were prickly and he stood up, and grinned: "Wow!! Then he raised his eyebrows and reminded: "Don't forget, that ...... of the Yun family"

Jia Qiang tugged at the corners of her mouth, glanced at him like a second fool, turned around and strode away.

Li Xuan smiled and shouted behind his back: "Be careful! You have too many enemies......"

Jia Qiang didn't know if she heard it, she waved her hand back without looking back, and strode out of Baohetang and left the palace.

After seeing his figure disappear at the door, Li Xuan sat down with a "tsk", thinking of Yun Guiren's appearance as her sister, hehe Zhile.

Suddenly, his right eye jumped, causing his brow to furrow slightly......

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Imperial City, Daming Palace.

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Emperor Long An sat behind the imperial case, and discussed today's state affairs with Lin Ruhai, a cabinet university scholar who stayed in office tonight.

After talking for two hours in a row, Emperor Long An asked the imperial dining room to serve medicinal food, and after he and Lin Ruhai shared food, the two of them had to take a breath and relax for a while.

After drinking all the medicinal food, Emperor Long An suddenly looked at Lin Ruhai and said with a smile: "I heard that today in the Wuying Palace, Aiqing and Doctor Dou had some unpleasantness?" ”

Lin Ruhai said embarrassedly: "This kind of thing has also been passed into the ears of the emperor......

"Huh!"

Emperor Long An laughed and said: "Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and they are not sages, there are always some people who like it, and some people who don't like it, which is ordinary." Why should Aiqing be like this? ”

Lin Ruhai shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "The minister and Doctor Dou have no personal grudges, speaking of which, Doctor Dou was still a minister back then. For his integrity, his uprightness is not ashamed, and the minister deeply admires it. It's just that the minister also disagrees with his views on the portal......"

Emperor Long An naturally understood what Lin Ruhai said, and he also smiled helplessly: "The children of the world's families, high-ranking nobles, and those who can be like the family of Aiqing, are only a handful. Most of them are unsightly. It is no wonder that Dr. Dou hates the children of the family so much, and he does not want to see the relationship between the children of the family and the heavenly family too close. It's just that he may have forgotten that the Heavenly Family is the largest family in the world, and the prince of mine is also a child of the family, but he is only a celestial ...... When I turned around, I would tell him that Aiqing should not be angry with him. Although Dr. Dou's words often have times of depression and anger even for me, there is no shortage of such people in the court. It's not bad, Han Aiqing can control him......"

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "This minister naturally understands, and the minister also has reflections...... Although the use of the Taishang Emperor case can reduce too much resistance, it is not justified in the end and will be of limited help to the implementation of the next new policy. In the end, the government of governing the country must be upright. The sword went sideways, and it seemed that the little family was a little angry...... This is also the gap between the minister and the mid-mountain prince, which makes people laugh. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Long An waved his hand again and again: "How can this be reasonable! As long as the government of governing the country is beneficial to the people and can achieve results, how can we talk about being stingy? ”

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "The emperor doesn't have to comfort the minister, at this age, the minister can still reflect on himself, but if he wants to change, I'm afraid it will be difficult." Perhaps after all, he was born in a family, received the emperor's favor, and was also clothed and fed since he was a child, and in the nearly 20 years after entering school, it was smooth sailing, and he almost did not suffer any setbacks...... Compared with the poor family like Banshan Gong and them, they have a difficult and bumpy road along the way, which is much worse. After all, great husbands are tempered by setbacks. As for the minister, he is used to it, and it is easy to find a simple way to do errands, and a labor-saving method that does not endure hardships. But this method often has big flaws and is not grand enough. Once or twice in a while, it is okay, but most of it becomes an evil path. ”

Emperor Long An smiled: "Aiqing is really too yourself, and you are far from being as unbearable as you say." If there is no love for Qingqing's clever plan, the difficulty of the clan does not know how much energy and time it will take me and the cabinet. And it's not that there is no remedy, and it's just a matter of slowly deliberating...... Aiqing's temper, it is rare to quarrel with Dr. Dou for a few words, but she reflects so much? It's too humble...... At this point, Jia Qiang is not like you! ”

Lin Ruhai's heart jumped when he heard this, and he sighed and said slowly: "Jia Qiang is still too young, and she is very sharp. The minister taught him several times to rein in his edge, even if he was reasonable, he should not be aggressive, but he still couldn't do it after all. As soon as I got excited, I had no scruples...... Your Majesty, although Jia Qiang is very smart, if she doesn't know how to keep her head open, it will be difficult to end well. Previously, the emperor promised him a year to embroider clothes and guard commanding the envoys, and when it came to him, the emperor had to be gracious! ”

Emperor Long An also sighed and said, "I am indeed a little reluctant to be such a loyal and capable courtier...... At his age, what he did was a bit like the Han Dynasty Huo Hussar, the champion of the Han Dynasty. ”

Lin Ruhai was more and more shocked when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Is the emperor a little too much...... Huo Hu's skill, how can Jia Qiang reach it? ”

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was so cautious, Emperor Long An suddenly laughed and said, "Aiqing, do you also have the fear of a companion like a tiger?" But a clever boy, though bold, is loyal. The people of the Great Swallow are billions of trillions, and I am the co-owner of the world, will I not be able to tolerate a smart child? What's more, that bastard boy still wants to go to sea! ”

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he shook his head and smiled: "The emperor's generosity towards his ministers is beyond the reach of the ancient kings. It's just that the more this is the case, the more the ministers must fear the Son of Heaven. Anyone who is arrogant and sloppy is a loser in his duty as a courtier, and he also fails the emperor's leniency. ”

Emperor Long An smiled and said, "Aiqing and I, you don't have to be so restrained...... For the errand I gave him, how many people did Jia Qiang offend regardless of his own gains and losses? If you look back, because you are too smart, but you are suspicious of me, then I, the son of heaven, has a limited pattern, and the new deal is destined to not go far. If Aiqing wants to believe in me, it will be like I trust Aiqing's master and apprentice......"

Lin Ruhai was shocked when he heard this, his face was moved, his eyes were faintly wrong, he got up and said deeply: "The emperor knows the grace of trust, and the minister can only do his best and die!" ”

Emperor Long An laughed, shouted repeatedly, and was about to say something more, when he suddenly saw a big eunuch in a red python robe enter from outside and bow down in the hall.

Lin Ruhai got up to retire, but was stopped by Emperor Long An, so he sat down again, raised the teacup and ate tea, so as to close his ears and eyes......

Seeing that he was so cautious, Emperor Long An smiled and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

If there is really an unsightly private matter, it must be written into the secret fold and submitted.

Sure enough, I heard the red-clothed eunuch scream: "Long live the lord, an hour ago, Ninghou Jia Qiang returned home from dinner with Ke and the county king's mansion, and when he passed Yanshoufang in Xicheng, he was ambushed and killed by an assassin with a strong crossbow in the army......

With a "snap", the sound of the tea cup breaking sounded in the direction of Lin Ruhai on the side, and Emperor Long An's face was suddenly gloomy, and his eyes were calm.

The red-clothed eunuch immediately quickened his speech and said, "Fortunately, Ning Hou's personal guards are dead to death, although more than half of them are killed or injured, but Ning Hou is not injured, and after returning to Ning Mansion, he immediately summoned people to pursue ......"

Lin Ruhai's face softened slightly, and after Emperor Long An also breathed a sigh of relief, he asked in a deep voice, "What can you chase?" ”

The red-clothed eunuch said: "Ning Hou's men have been hanging behind the assassins, but those assassins took advantage of the patrol five battalions to patrol the neighborhood, and after biting back, the patrol five battalions stopped Ning Hou's men. ”

When Emperor Long An heard this, he slapped the table angrily and reprimanded: "What is this loyal and diligent uncle doing? I've been back a few times, and I always cause these tricky misunderstandings! ”

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai knew it in his heart and said: "Your Majesty, this matter must have nothing to do with Zhongqinbo, otherwise it will not be done in the open." Come to think of it, it was all calculated by the thieves behind the scenes, and deliberately provoked the dispute between Jia Qiang and Zhong Qinbo. No matter who wins or loses, what is lost is the strength of the guards who are loyal to the emperor to guard the capital. ”

Emperor Long An nodded and said, "Aiqing is reasonable!" Needless to say, Jia Qiang is loyal to Yang Hua, and I am also convinced of it. There must be traitors who want to weaken the military power loyal to me, and have repeatedly instigated them. ”

After that, he said to the red-clothed eunuch on the ground: "Go, pass on the words of me and Lin Aiqing to Jia Qiang and Yang Hua, so that they don't have to be stupid, they fall for the tricks of traitors, let them quickly join forces to find out the real culprit!" ”

The red-clothed eunuch came out with the order, Emperor Long An took a deep breath, and said to Lin Ruhai, who was still a little pale: "Aiqing, do you see it?" Hit hard, some people want the dog to jump off the wall in a hurry! However, it can also be seen that it hit some people's sore spots! ”

With that, he glanced back at Dai Quan.

Dai Quan's face was also a little embarrassed, he was in charge of the CRRC Mansion, not that he didn't expect someone to jump over the wall in a hurry, but his manpower was transferred to monitor the Ten Princes' Mansions, Yixiang County Mansion, Yiping County Mansion, Duanzhong County Mansion, by the way, there is also a Ning Wangmansion...... If a few companies move, they will never escape the surveillance of CRRC.

The strength has gone over there, and there are naturally fewer other places, but I didn't expect that I would fall into the plan of attacking the west.

Lin Ruhai said softly: "Jia Qiang, a son of the martial arts family, has been valued by the emperor and has become a confidant of the Son of Heaven. Encountering some danger is both natural and expected. And the more those people oppose it, the more it shows the necessity and correctness of the New Deal. They hurt, that's right! With a sneaky assassination that can't see the light, a group of glamorous rats can't scare the ministers. ”

When Emperor Long An heard this, he nodded heavily and said, "Well said! Those glamorous rats will never become a big thing! I, sooner or later, I will kill them all! ”

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