Li Deshan got Jia Ke's instructions, and took advantage of Li Gui's duty that night to come to Jia Yu's house.

Jia Yucun is naturally happy about Li Deshan's arrival, and now who doesn't know the name of Li Gonggong, even the ministers of military aircraft want to let him have a few points.

After Jia Yucun welcomed Li Deshan into his study, he ordered the servants to come up with fragrant tea, and then asked Li Deshan, "At the beginning of the next year, I was a military aircraft, but I made some small celebrations, where can I work for the big manager of Li." ”

Li Deshan sat there and looked at the appearance of this villain in Jia Yu Village, and his heart was full of disdain. If it weren't for the master's favor to him, Jia Yucun's unstable character would have been cleaned up long ago.

After Li Deshan finished thinking about it, he put the teacup on the table, and then said in a sharp voice: "I really let you say it, you really can't get my master of this matter, it was Long Live Lord who asked me to bring you a message." ”

After Jia Yucun heard this, he quickly stood up and knelt in front of Li Deshan: "Minister Jia Yucun, listen to the holy order." ”

Li Deshan also stood up and looked, lowered his head to look at this Jia Yucun, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Saint Angong." ”

Then Li Deshan continued: "The emperor's edict: tell Jia Yucun and let him be honest with me, and then show it like this, I will peel off his skin." Chin this. ”

After Li Deshan finished speaking, he sat back in the chair, picked up the cup of tea, and slowly tasted it again.

And Jia Yucun didn't dare to stand up until this time, and then wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with a roar.

Then Jia Yucun hurriedly came to Li Deshan's side, took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve, and handed them to Li Deshan's hand.

"Chief, what does the emperor mean by this? Mo is not really annoyed. ”

Li Deshan took the silver ticket in his hand and laughed, he knew that it was a bill of 3,000 taels.

Li Deshan then put the silver ticket in his arms, and then finally showed a smile on his face, and then said to Jia Yucun who was standing beside him: "It's not a big deal. You're making too much trouble this time, you're too showy. Look at the other ministers of military aircraft, which one is a blatant gang like you. ”

After listening to this, Jia Yucun immediately realized that the emperor was not angry with himself, but just kept a low profile.

Li Deshan saw that Jia Yucun understood, so he put down the cup in his hand, and then stood up and arched his hand to it, "There is still something in the palace, I won't delay here any longer, Lord Jia will be more careful in the future." ”

After Li Deshan finished speaking, he turned around and left the study, and Jia Yucun hurriedly followed him behind and sent him out in person, and Jia Fu returned to the study.

After Jia Yucun received Jia Ke's warning, he immediately became honest and went to the military aircraft office every day, and he was not as ostentatious as before.

On this day, Jia Ke finished handling official business in the Yangxin Palace, and went straight to Cining Palace in a small sedan chair to see the Empress Dowager Zhou, who had been busy with official business for several days, and he had not visited the Empress Dowager Zhou for several days.

Jia Ke saw the courtyard of Cining Palace, and before he entered the main hall, he saw that Xia Mai, the personal maid of the Empress Dowager Zhou, had already come out.

Seeing Jia Ke below, he hurriedly walked a few steps to Jia Ke, made a thousand blessings, and then said softly: "Long live the Lord Go in and be careful, the Queen Mother is angry now." ”

"What's wrong?"

Xia Mai pursed his lips and said: "It's not the old country's uncle, I went back to my hometown two days ago, and I had to be stunned, and I came to our queen mother this morning to show off." ”

Jia Ke thought for a moment, and then said, "So that's the case? I said that in the past few days, several people have been involved in him, and it seems that his movements in Jiangnan have made a lot of noise. ”

"Long live the lord can be regarded as saying, I heard that this time the old uncle can travel with pomp, and when he arrived in Jiangnan, the local officials were respectful, but he made a lot of limelight, and he also went to his family's ancestral grave and resettled. Therefore, it moved our Queen Mother's homesickness. ”

Jia Ke was so angry that he wanted to laugh when he heard it, the Queen Mother was born in the capital, and she never went back to her hometown, so she felt homesick.

The two of them were talking here, and suddenly saw the door curtain lifted, and an old woman came out, saw Jia Ke and Xia Mai talking there, hurriedly stepped forward to salute Jia Ke, and then said with a smile on her face: "Long live the lord, the queen mother knows that you are coming, but she never sees you enter the house, so she comes out to take a look." ”

When Jia Ke heard this, he could only follow the old woman into the main hall.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Zhou was sitting on the bed and beating her tears, Jia Ke saw it, hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "What's wrong with the old lady?" Who has offended you, speak out and your son will be angry with you. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at Jia Ke angrily, and then turned her face away and continued to weep there.

Jia Ke could only touch his nose, and then sat on the other side of the big kang, and immediately Xia Mai took a cup of tea and sent it to Jia Ke to hand-knit, and then quietly said to Jia Ke to the Empress Dowager Zhou, which meant to let Jia Ke persuade him.

Jia Ke took the tea and took a sip, and then asked casually: "Queen Mother, I seem to have heard that Zhou Wang went to Jiangnan, and the movement was not small, and now there are a few imperial historians who have participated in him." ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard Jia Ke's words, she really focused her attention, stared at her eyes and asked, "What is the truth of this?" It's just that I went back to visit my relatives, what happened to those imperial histories? ”

"The queen mother may not know, Zhou Wang just went back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but he shouldn't forcibly occupy people's land, I heard that it was very unpleasant in the local area."

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard this, she lowered her head and pondered for a while, and then said: "Your uncle has done something wrong with this matter, it is not easy for the common people, how can he forcibly occupy other people's fields?" I still have 3,000 taels of private money here, you take it and order someone to send it to Jiangnan, which is my compensation to the bitter master. ”

Jia Ke smiled after hearing this, his mother was really the same kind woman as before, and she did not forget the suffering of the people because she was in a high position.

"Since the Queen Mother cares about the people's sufferings and wants to compensate those sufferers, it is better to send the silver over in person and let those people know the Queen Mother's compassion."

"What does this mean? I'm in the deep palace, how can I go to Jiangnan? ”

Jia Ke smiled and said, "Son, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I am going to go down to Jiangnan to check the people's situation in Jiangnan." Why don't you go with your mother, and by the way, you can go back to your hometown to have a look, won't you have a chance to compensate those sufferers? ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard this, her eyes immediately lit up, "This is true, you won't fool me, right?" ”

"Mother, don't worry, this is true, in a few days I will announce it in the court, let the Ministry of Rites prepare for our going down to Jiangnan."

After getting the news, Empress Dowager Zhou was now full of smiles, grabbed Jia Ke's hand, patted it lightly, and said: "I know that you are a filial person, as long as you can go back to Jiangnan in this life to have a look, it is worth my death." ”

"What did Mother say, that you would be blessed with great fortune in the future? Be happy. ”

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Zhou laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, and the palace maids and old mothers next to her also came over to make fun, saying that the Empress Dowager Zhou was the most blessed person in the world.

Jia Ke returned to the Heart Cultivation Hall after visiting the Empress Dowager Zhou.

But Jia Ke didn't know that the big things in this palace were very strict, but the small things spread quickly.

In less than a day's work, the people in the palace already knew that Jia Ke was preparing to go to Jiangnan.

So many concubines who wanted to go to Jiangnan to see went to Cining Palace to intercede with the Empress Dowager Zhou, and wanted to follow Jiangnan to see.

And Jia Ke really did not break his promise, and three days later, he went to a big court and announced in public that he was going to go down to Jiangnan to observe the people's feelings.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had already heard the rumors, and now that Jia Ke said it himself, he was not much surprised.

If it was before, due to the shortage of money and food in the imperial court, if Jia Ke wanted to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, there would naturally be countless ministers who jumped out to advise.

But since Jia Ke reformed taxation, the imperial court now has an annual income of seventy or eighty million taels. In addition to the various expenses of the imperial court, there is a surplus of at least 10 million taels of silver every year, which is piled up in the treasury, and it is almost moldy.

And if this money is not active, how can these officials under it make a fortune from it, so after Jia Ke proposed to go down to Jiangnan, the ministers did not object, but sang praises one by one, saying that Jia Ke has the people in his heart, which is a rare Ming Jun in the world.

In fact, these ministers all knew in their hearts that Jia Ke wanted to go to Jiangnan to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

Jia Ke sat on the throne and watched the ministers below agree to go down to Jiangnan, and the smile on his face did not stop.

To say that Jia Ke has been the emperor over the years, he has never been far away except for fighting.

Jia Ke also yearns for Jiangnan very much, and always envies Emperor Qianlong a few times in Jiangnan, and now he can finally learn from him, so the food and beauties in Jiangnan are probably in a hurry.

Since he is preparing to go to Jiangnan, things in the court naturally have to be arranged.

For Jia Ke is not in Beijing, the imperial court has passed several times, so he is naturally familiar with the road, and Fan Kang is still in charge of Beijing, and Sun Yan, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, accompanied Jia Ke.

And this time, Jia Ke will definitely take a concubine with him when he goes to Jiangnan, so he can't let Xue Baochai continue to sit in the palace, and he can only choose a prison among the princes.

As for the candidate for this prison state, everyone can think about it, to say that among the adult princes now, only Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, and Jia Mao, the king of Wu, have this qualification, and the others are either young or mediocre in qualifications.

So the ministers launched these two options for Jia Ke to choose.

Jia Ke actually had an idea in his heart for a long time, if he wanted to talk about the candidate for the prison country, Jia Ke still hoped that it would be Jia Mao, the king of Wu, but Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, was the eldest son after all, if he was left aside, Jia Mao, the king of Wu, might not be reasonable.

And Jia Ke also wanted to test Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, this time, to see if he had any small actions when he was not in the capital, whether he was dedicated to the public or hiding his careful eyes.

So Jia Ke issued an order in court that Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, would replace him in charge of the country in his absence.

But just in case, Jia Ke still issued a holy decree, during the time that Jia Ke was not in the capital, if the minister of civil and military affairs in the capital felt that the matter was important and important, and Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, could not be conscious, he could go to the secret fold and send it to Jia Ke with 800 li expedited.