Jia Ke sat next to him and looked at Jia Yingchun who was kneeling on the ground, and began to struggle in his heart, whether to let Xiao Yue go and imprison him in the mansion.

But in the end, this idea was abandoned, and since there was no rebellion, there was no one to talk about.

So Jia Ke stepped forward, helped Jia Yingchun up in a few steps, and then said: "Sister Xian, Xiao Yue has committed a major crime against the country, I can't bend the law for personal gain, Sister Xian's affairs are well known to my brother, from now on, Sister Xian's treatment will be the same as before." ”

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Jia Yingchun was silent for a long time, and the tears on her face kept flowing, she knew that Xiao Yue was going to die this time.

Jia Ke could only sigh helplessly when he saw Jia Yingchun sad, and then persuaded her: "Sister doesn't have to be too sad, a person like Xiao Yue with a human face and a beastly heart is not necessarily a good match for my sister." After a while, when things settle down, this sister will look for another young talent. ”

Jia Yingchun shook his head resolutely, "A good horse is not worthy of a second saddle, and a good woman does not marry a second husband." Since I am married to Xiao Yue, I have no intention of serving others anymore. Brother's words, never mention it again. ”

After Jia Yingchun finished speaking, regardless of Jia Ke's embarrassment, he threw his hand and left the Heart Cultivation Palace, and took people back to her princess's mansion.

Jia Ke looked at Jia Yingchun who was leaving, and there was a trace of gloom in his eyes, none of these people could be considerate of himself.

On the second day, during the Great Dynasty, Jia Ke publicly announced the news that Xiao Yue had rebelled and had been taken down.

The ministers of civil and military affairs below were surprised when they heard this, you must know that Jia Ke is Jia Ke's hand, and he is loyal to Jia Ke, why did he suddenly turn around?

Everyone was muttering there, not knowing what to say, only Fan Kang stood there, looking calm, but his face was a little pale.

Fan Kang has already seen that Jia Ke is killing the hero, and it seems that it has reached the time for the extreme stream to retreat, if he delays any longer, he may not have his life.

So four and a half days after the early dynasty, Fan Kang had a twist and turn, saying that he was not in good health and wanted to return to his hometown.

After Jia Ke received the recital, he was silent for a long time, Fan Kang is his confidant military advisor, he has followed him to make suggestions all these years, and he knows his little conspiracy and tricks, should he let this person go?

Jia Ke thought about it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, and there must be no soft-heartedness.

So Jia Ke immediately issued an order, rejecting Fan Kang's request for Zhishi, and sent an imperial doctor to Fan Kang's house to treat him in person.

When Fan Kang saw this, his face became even more gray, and he knew that he might not die soon.

But the other ministers didn't know the tricks of their monarchs and ministers, and they were all envious of Fan Kang's favor with Jia Ke, so Fan Kang's position in the hearts of civil and military officials became more important, and even surpassed Sun Yan, who was the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department.

But Fan Kang has his own affairs, and he knows that he doesn't dare to have any pride, treats people more low-key, doesn't dare to offend anyone, and doesn't drink with his friends like he used to do after handling official business every day, so he goes back to the house directly, and never accepts other people's banquets.

Although Fan Kang wanted to keep a low profile here, Jia Ke couldn't agree, and within a few days, Jia Ke made another decree and named Fan Kang the crown prince, although this position is just an honor and no power, but this is the pinnacle of Wenchen.

Fan Kang shirked several times, but Jia Ke did not agree, and finally Fan Kang reluctantly accepted the position.

Since Fan Kang took over this position, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have almost broken the door of Fan Kang's house, and those foreign officials outside have kept sending all kinds of money, just to pat the Fan Taibao's ass.

But Fan Kang has now made up his mind to keep a low profile, and he will not take any of this money. He didn't want to accept it, but the families under him didn't have such scruples as him, as long as someone sent money, they would accept it.

As a result, Fan Kangqian didn't collect a few, but his reputation for good money spread.

As the affairs in western Tibet gradually subsided, Jia Ke sealed the city of western Tibet in 7 prefectures and counties, and then set up a governor yamen to send officials to western Tibet to control government affairs.

After the western part of Tibet was completely settled, Jia Ke ordered the troops in western Tibet to withdraw to the capital.

At this point, all the goals of Jia Ke's expedition to the west were achieved, not only recovering the 36 countries of the Western Regions, but also completely controlling the semi-independent state of western Tibet.

Now the Great Yan Kingdom established by Jia Ke can finally be said to be the Heavenly Empire that rules all countries.

Although the country is getting stronger and stronger, Jia Ke is still not satisfied, because although the country is now rich in financial resources, it has not yet reached the point where he can squander it wantonly, so Jia Ke has taken a fancy to the new financial road.

This way of wealth is sea trade, you know, in modern times, almost all wealth comes from the sea.

In this era, the world of Red Mansions also had the most basic maritime trade, but this was all carried out in the name of tribute.

The general method is that those small countries overseas, in the name of tribute, brought a large amount of tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty to pay homage to Jia Ke.

And Jia Ke gave these small countries silk and other specialties of the Central Plains worth several times the value of the Central Plains, and let them bring them back to China, so that the trade was completed in one time

However, this trade is often carried out only once every few years and is limited in quantity and scale. Another reason is that Jia Ke hates this kind of loss-making business.

Therefore, Xiang Jia Ke decided to change this method of trade with tribute as the main purpose, and Jia Ke and the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department discussed a method of sea trade.

That is, in the southern part of the Central Plains, several major ports such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Shanghai, open treaty ports.

Based in these cities, it then expanded to the whole of Jiangnan, and at the same time to combat the pirates who would soon rise up because of the sea trade.

Jia Ke also set up sailors in these cities in the south, and these sailors used large fortune ships, and then placed artillery on them.

Jia Ke wanted to use the warships used by the West in the Age of Discovery, but no matter how he described it, he could only draw a rough outline of a sailing ship, but he didn't know anything about the internal form, so he could only study it by the craftsmen themselves.

These craftsmen are not immortals, naturally they can't build such a warship right away, to dial Jia Ke's opinion, they can't succeed in research without a few years of hard work, but the matter of sea trade can't be delayed, so they can only be temporarily replaced by these large lucky ships.

And Jia Ke's opening of the sea trade immediately spread among those wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River.

Everyone knows that sea trade is a profitable business, in the past, the state did not support it, and there was no sailor to escort them, they just went out to deliver food to pirates, naturally no one dared to rise sea trade on a large scale.

But now it's different, the state strongly supports the sea trade, and has set up sailors, and they look at the water to give the ships and guns, and those pirates are not one at all.

So these people were like grass growing in their hearts, and some of them already had merchant ships a month after Jia Ke announced the opening of the sea trade, and then they couldn't wait to go to sea with their goods.

And this first wave of crab-eating people naturally didn't dare to run far, they just went around a few nearby subject countries, and in this way, the goods they brought out also earned back several times the benefits.

The power of example is endless, since some people have made a lot of money at sea, naturally countless people have followed suit, and soon in more than a year, there will be hundreds of merchant ships running sea trade in the south.

These people not only brought infinite wealth to themselves, but also brought a lot of taxes to the imperial court.

By collecting taxes at several treaty ports, Jia Ke was able to get 20 million taels of silver in taxes every year.

This money is enough to support Jia Ke's current sailors, as well as to support the research of new warships and artillery.

As the maritime trade became more and more prosperous, many northern families also began to toss, they thought that it was really inconvenient for northerners to do business just by setting up a few treaty ports in the south, so they mobilized their forces in the DPRK to make a proposal to Jia Ke, hoping that Jia Ke would also set up a few treaty ports in the northern waters.

After Jia Ke got these suggestions, he naturally fell asleep and gave a pillow, and soon Qingdao and Dalian in the north were also opened as treaty ports.

As a result, the entire Central Plains changed its voice to sea trade and became restless.

But now there is some money, all of which are connected to each other, thinking of buying a boat to go to sea, and this trip back and forth can take up all the capital and have some surplus, and the second time is when you make a lot of money.

As a result, the landlords in the north have also become restless, and many of them have sold their fields to ordinary people, and then concentrated their financial resources to build merchant ships and go to sea to make a lot of money.

And Jia Ke also discovered this trend, and under his unintentional insertion, the contradictions in society have been greatly alleviated.

The peasants at the bottom have been greatly improved because these landlords no longer pay attention to these outputs in the fields.

And the small workers and merchants in the city are getting better and better because of the large amount of maritime trade.

Two years after the start of the sea trade, the imperial court's tax revenue reached a record 130 million taels.

And because Jia Ke has strict rules for merchant ships, when he goes out. It doesn't matter what cargo you want to send, but when you come back, you must have at least half a cabin of food.

It is because of this policy that the grain of the Great Yan Dynasty began to appear surplus, for the peasants the grain is rich, although the price of grain has fallen, but at least they can eat their stomachs, and there is no complaint, and for those small businessmen in the city, the price of grain has dropped a lot, their natural cost of living has dropped a lot, and their lives have improved a lot, and they are naturally happy.

Only those wealthy merchants who went to sea were a little dissatisfied, after all, if they didn't have to transport back grain, those overseas treasures could make a lot of money.

But after all, the arms can't twist the thighs, and when their merchant ships arrive, there are naturally officials of the imperial court to conduct strict inspections, and if there is no food, the license to go to sea will be revoked immediately, so although these people are dissatisfied, they can only endure it.

In the 15th year of Kangshun, Jia Ke's Great Yan Dynasty saw unprecedented prosperity, and the people of the world began to praise Jia Ke as a generation of holy masters.