Chapter 248: Inquiry
After the emperor rewarded the meritorious heroes, he also felt a little tired, today he can be regarded as very emotional, now he only feels that his eyes are beginning to glow, if he does not rest, I am afraid that he will faint again.
So the emperor endured the discomfort and said to Dai Quan next to him: "Ask them if there is anything else, and if there is nothing to do, let the court disperse." ”
Dai Quan walked a few steps to the front of the imperial staircase, and shouted to the ministers below: "There is a morning music, but there is no scattered dynasty." ”
Among the ministers in the palace, except for a few limited people such as Jia Ke, the rest of the people were already frightened, and where did they have the heart to do something, so they all knelt there silently.
Only Jia Ke knelt forward a few steps forward and said, "Minister, Jia Ke has a book." ”
The emperor sitting on the throne heard that it was Jia Ke, and asked with a soothing face: "Jia Aiqing, if there is anything to do." ”
Jia Ke knelt on the ground, arched his hand upwards and said, "Long live Qiyu, how many days has it been martial law in the capital now?" The lives of the people are very inconvenient, is martial law lifted? ”
The emperor thought about it for a while, during this time, those rebel ministers have been imprisoned, even if there are one or two fish that have slipped through the net, and those who don't have these main things can't make any waves.
So the emperor said to Jia Ke: "Since the lives of the people remain unchanged, then from today onwards, martial law will be lifted, and the armies will return to the barracks, and no longer harass the people." ”
Jia Ke knelt down and arched his hand and said, "Your Excellency." ”
But Jia Ke did not stand up after speaking, but said to the emperor again: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, the emperor ordered his ministers to protect the mansions of the princes and ministers, I don't know whether to continue to protect or let the army withdraw to the barracks. ”
The emperor listened to Jia Ke's euphemistic words about his holy decree a few days ago, raised his head and looked at the ministers under him, and then asked: "Don't whitewash the peace for me, what has happened to the princes in the past few days?" Didn't make any trouble, did it? ”
Jia Ke hurriedly replied and said: "All the princes are studying in the mansion with peace of mind, and no one is making any trouble. ”
"Don't cover it up for them, I heard that the second prince made a fuss at the gate of the mansion, if it weren't for my will, he would still kill the soldiers?" The emperor asked Jia Ke unceremoniously, he also listened to Dai Quan about this matter, and his wariness of the prince has reached an unprecedented height. The emperor thought that the reason why the second prince was so arrogant was because the crown prince was about to be deposed, and the second prince thought that with his identity, he would soon become the new crown prince.
Jia Ke knelt there and could only say: "Long live Qiyu, it's not that serious, maybe the second prince saw that there were soldiers surrounding his mansion, so he came out to take a look." ”
After hearing what Jia Ke said, the emperor shook his head and said, "Jia Aiqing, you don't have to listen to him to cover it up. Passing on my will, the second prince studied behind closed doors for three months, and he was not allowed to step out of the mansion without my will. ”
Jia Ke didn't want to intercede for the second prince, but now the second prince is not doing anything wrong, and he can't make a mortal enmity with the second prince because of this trivial matter.
There were really no ministers to do next, so the emperor quickly dispersed and returned to the harem with the support of Dai Quan.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, some people are happy and some are worried, Jia Ke is now proud, Pan Yong stepped forward to talk to Jia Ke, Jia Ke didn't wait for him to open his mouth and left quickly, regardless of Pan Yong's embarrassed expression in the back, the reason why Jia Ke ignored him was because the two of them are now both ministers of military aircraft, if they get too close, I am afraid that the emperor will be suspicious, it is better that the two sides have some contradictions, and the emperor is so relieved.
And Wang Ziteng saw all this clearly, and he took a few steps forward and followed Jia Ke. Jia Ke found Wang Ziteng by his side, hurriedly greeted him, and then walked out of the palace with Wang Ziteng, chatting as they walked.
"Virtuous nephew, you are also the Minister of Military Aircraft now, why didn't you talk to Lord Pan Yong just now, the two sides will get closer to each other, and it will be easier to handle official business in the future." Wang Ziteng was a little puzzled by Jia Ke's attitude.
Jia Ke shook his head and said to Wang Ziteng: "It is precisely because I am the Minister of Military Aircraft that I can't get too close to him. ”
"Virtuous nephew, you are too careful, both of you are the emperor's henchmen, the two of you will be happy when they get closer to the emperor, how can there be so many taboos."
Jia Ke disagreed with Wang Ziteng's opinion, "Uncle thinks badly, now we are all ministers of military aircraft, and we are in high positions. If you get too close, what does the emperor think? Isn't the emperor suspicious? I think it's better to be careful. ”
After saying that, everyone came to the gate of the palace, Jia Ke said goodbye to the prince, and rode back to Rongguo Mansion.
When he returned to Rongguo Mansion, Lin Zhixiao was already waiting at the door, Jia Ke saw him and knew that it was Jia Zheng who ordered him again, it seems that Jia Zheng is very concerned about the changes in the government during this time, and it seems that he has the idea of moving.
However, in Jia Ke's opinion, Jia Zheng has no chance to be promoted from now on. No matter what the reason is, it is impossible for the emperor to let Jia Ke and Jia Zheng, father and son, both be in high positions.
"Uncle, you're back. The old lady and the old man have been waiting for you for a long time. Let me look at the door several times. Lin Zhixiao spoke respectfully to Jia Ke while holding the reins of the horse and helping him off the horse.
Jia Ke handed him the horse, entered the Rongguo Mansion through the side door, and asked him as he walked, "Where are the old lady and the old man waiting for me?" Is it in the old lady's yard. ”
"Uncle guessed accurately, it was in the old lady's courtyard." Lin Zhixiao said flatteringly.
"You're getting more and more flamboyant now, and you've been a big butler for a few years, and you're going back more and more. Come to my study in a moment, and I have something to tell you. Jia Ke said to him as he walked forward.
"Uncle, even if you go to see the old man and the old lady first, I will go to your study in a while, what do you have to tell you, I still have a time when you are not at ease?"
Jia Ke turned around and looked at him carefully, and then said jokingly: "I don't think you look like Lin Zhixiao, why do you seem to have changed people." ”
Lin Zhixiao said embarrassedly when he heard his words: "Uncle, don't make fun of me, if I don't learn to be sweeter, how can I mess with the housekeepers of these big families in this capital, this change will not be able to be changed." Who let our family have to look at other people's faces in the past? I don't keep my voice down, do I still let the masters go and talk to others. ”
When Jia Ke heard him say this, he also understood the status of Jiafu in Beijing before, although he had been promoted to the envoy of the festival at that time, but in the eyes of those big lords, a military attache from other places was not taken seriously.
Thinking of this, Jia Ke stopped and said to Lin Zhixiao, who was serious: "From now on, you don't want to be like this, in the future, only others will slap us, and there is no reason for us to please others." You must know that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door will be equivalent to the sixth- and seventh-grade official in the future. ”
Lin Zhixiao is such a shrewd person, you still don't understand what Jia Ke said, it must be Jia Ke's reward given by the emperor today, and this reward is not trivial, otherwise Jia Ke would not have said the words of the seven officials in front of the prime minister.
Lin Zhixiao had a bottom in his heart at this time, and immediately laughed out loud, Jiafu will soar in the future, and those of them who are slaves can also follow suit.
The two of them just talked and laughed and entered Jia's mother's compound, and as soon as they entered the compound, they saw Jia's mother's personal maid, Mandarin duck, standing in the courtyard and waiting. After the salute, he personally went to open the curtain for Jia Ke and shouted to the house: "Old lady, uncle is back." ”
Jia Ke entered Jia's mother's main room and walked to the living room next to it. I saw that the people who came this time were also very complete, and almost all the people in Jiafu who could speak came, and even Jia Zhu and Jia Lian were waiting beside them.
It is still the old rule for Jia Ke to enter the room, first to Jia's mother, then to Jia Zheng and Jia Yu, and finally to Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing. Jia Ke took a lot of effort to perform this round of etiquette. But you can't mess up the number of rites, in ancient times the number of rites is particularly important, it can be said that it is to govern the country with etiquette, and etiquette is the manifestation of benevolence and filial piety.
When Jia Mu saw that Brother Jia had finished saluting, she said to the mandarin duck next to her, "Bring a chair for your uncle." ”
Mandarin duck immediately moved a show pier for Jia Ke, and Jia Ke was not polite, so he sat down on it.
When Jia Mu saw Jia Ke sitting down, she couldn't wait to ask, "What did you say to the emperor today?" Is there a reward for you? ”
"Today, at the court meeting, the emperor is mighty, let my title of Marquis of Wuyang attack for three more generations."
As soon as Jia Ke finished saying this, Jia Mu and the people present laughed happily, so that they could ensure the glory of Jiafu for six generations, and there would be no sorrow in Jiafu for at least a hundred years.
Only Jia Mu is only happy on the surface, in fact, she has other thoughts in her heart, but she can only hide these thoughts in her heart, but she silently watched Jia Ke get closer and closer to that position step by step, and every time Jia Ke took a step forward, she was happy.
Jia Zheng asked with a smile next to him: "Since the title has been attacked for three more generations, the emperor is already a great dragon, I don't know if your official position has changed." It would be even better if it could be transferred back to Kyochu. ”
"Let my father say, the emperor has removed the official position of the envoy of Xuanfu Town, and let me serve in Beijing." Jia Ke also sold a pass in front of everyone, and now he is like a child who wants to be praised.
Jia Mu looked at him, and asked him playfully: "Then what position does the emperor let you hold in Beijing?" Speaking out makes us happy too. ”
Jia Ke arched his hand to the palace at this time, and then said: "The position that the emperor has assigned me this time is..." ”
Everyone was taken aback when they heard what he said, they thought that the emperor would give Jia Ke a satisfactory position, but they didn't expect the emperor to treat Jia Ke so well, the minister of the guard in the territory was originally held by the king of Beijing, commanding 20,000 forbidden troops to be responsible for the emperor's safety, and the commander of Jiumen also controlled 30,000 troops to maintain law and order in the capital. These two positions are usually assigned to two henchmen, but now they are handed over to Jia Ke alone, which shows the emperor's trust in him.
The last two positions are the second battalion of the Jingzhong Battalion, and there are not many envoys to the Jingying Section, and the ministers of military aircraft in the back don't know what their positions are at all.
At this time, Mrs. Wang's face was a little dark, and she asked Jia Ke in a somewhat bad tone: "Since you are in the Jingying, what is your uncle Wang Ziteng doing?" ”
"Mother, please rest assured, my uncle is still the envoy of the Jingying Festival, but from the three major battalions, the Xishan Battalion was separated, and the people I brought this time formed the Ruijian Battalion, and the two battalions were led by me. However, the emperor also conferred the title of uncle, a first-class general. Jia Ke didn't feel a little annoyed because Mrs. Wang's tone was not good for her.
After listening to Jia Ke's words, Mrs. Wang's face became better again, her brother Wang Ziteng is now a person with a title, and the Wang family can be regarded as entering the circle of powerful people again.