Jia Ke finished handling the morning's official business at the Military Aircraft Department, left the office of the Military Aircraft Department, and was walking outside the palace when suddenly a small eunuch came next to him.

When the little eunuch saw Jia Ke coming, he immediately lowered his head and stood on the side of the road waiting for Jia Ke to pass.

When Jia Ke walked past the little eunuch, he heard him say in a low voice, "Liu Yu went to the Dongnuan Pavilion to talk with the emperor very happily." It seems that the soldiers and horses of several nearby provinces have been contacted. ”

Jia Ke didn't seem to see the little eunuch, so he walked over directly. For these things, Jia Ke has become commonplace. In fact, this palace is already full of Jia Ke's spies, and the emperor's every move is under Jia Ke's surveillance.

Even the emperor himself didn't know this, he always thought that there were secret guards left by the emperor in the palace, which were naturally impregnable and impervious to wind and rain. didn't know that Jia Ke had infiltrated it like a sieve.

Jia Ke walked out of the palace like this, without any expression on his face, but when he got on the horse, a smile bloomed on his face.

The emperor finally couldn't help it, I'm afraid this year is the time to uncover the mystery, and it's time for him to endure for so many years.

Now the world's complaints against the emperor are very serious, because the emperor has raised taxes several times despite Jia Ke's opposition.

The reason why the emperor did this was because the disaster situation in Shaanxi and the Lianghuai region was getting worse and worse. Now this year's tax revenue is really a bit short, not to mention that the emperor has embezzled three million taels.

In order to prevent turmoil in these two places, the emperor had to raise taxes in other places to make up for the losses caused by these two places, as well as the silver taels needed for disaster relief.

However, Jia Ke stopped him several times as if he was pretending to be merciful, and shed crocodile tears several times in the court, so that many ministers from poor backgrounds saw this situation, and they all thought that Jia Ke cared about the people at the bottom and thought that the people were difficult, so they wept bitterly and admonished the emperor.

Therefore, Jia Ke has a lot of good names among the people and the court, but the emperor's reputation has begun to stink. This time, not only ordinary people, but even merchants and gentry from all over the country were dissatisfied with the emperor, thinking that he could do anything for money.

After Jia Ke returned to the Marquis of Wuyang's mansion, he locked himself in his study and thought about it for a whole afternoon, but he didn't see anyone.

Now that the emperor is ready to make a move, he can't sit still, and the people who can move the emperor now are those generals, but these people are all secretly arranged by himself, and the emperor is simply killing himself by using them.

Then the aftermath is the aftermath, which is not a trivial matter. If it's not good, it's going to be repeated all over the world. Jia Ke thought about it and felt that it was better to learn Cao Cao for a while before speaking.

Only when these opponents can be cleaned up with the royal family members can they ascend the throne.

The most important thing is that Jiangnan itself except for the army, other control is still relatively weak, we have to find a way to rectify Jiangnan, where the local gentry and wealthy families have to deal with a group, otherwise these people are agitating at the bottom, I am afraid that Jiangnan will be in chaos.

Thinking of Jiangnan, Jia Ke realized that the first stumbling block to him was the Zhen family.

The Zhen family has been in Jiangnan for decades, and they have been controlling the intelligence exchanges in Jiangnan for decades, and it can be said that many of the deep-rooted gentry are from their family's protégés.

Although it is said that the Zhen family and the Jia family are old relatives, in the face of interests, this little kinship is nothing.

It seems that the two sides are destined to have a showdown, and to deal with Jiangnan, as long as there is no Zhen family, then the other people are headless tigers, and they will be disposed of casually.

After Jia Ke figured out his strategy, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he got up and went to the back house and Qin Keqing, kissed me and I went.

Besides, Shi Nai, who is in the Bowling Mansion, has been restless these days, and has ordered the housekeeper to guard at the gate every day, so he is afraid that no one will be there when the official sends the documents, and things will be delayed.

On this day, Shi Nai was pretending to be reading a book in the study, in fact, he didn't even know that he had got the book, he was now looking at the front with blank eyes, thinking about when the officials would be able to deliver the documents.

Suddenly, the housekeeper outside shouted softly: "Master, the Lin housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion is here." I'm waiting at the door for you to summon you. ”

As soon as Shi Nai heard it, he understood that there was news about his official position, and immediately ordered: "Please come in quickly, what are you doing there." ”

The housekeeper quickly retreated, and after a while, he led Lin Zhixiao to the study of the Bowling Marquis Mansion.

After Lin Zhixiao entered the study, he saw Shi Nai reading leisurely there, and he admired his concentration in his heart, knowing that if it was him, he would have been in a hurry to go to the room.

"Little Lin Zhixiao, please say hello to Lord Hou."

"Get up, who sent you this time? What's the matter? Shi Nai put the book on the desk casually, and it was only after he found out that he had got the book, and he didn't feel a little blushing. Fortunately, Lin Zhixiao lowered his head and didn't find it, otherwise it would have been a lot of fun.

"If you go back to the Hou Ye, our master and the master ordered me to come and deliver the papers."

"What is it? Take it and I'll take a look. Although Shi Nai's face was not in a hurry, he couldn't wait to snatch the documents from Lin Zhixiao's hand immediately.

Lin Zhixiao hurriedly took a few steps forward, took out an envelope from his arms, and then raised his hands above his head and presented it to Shi Nai's eyes.

Shi Nai stood up from his seat, leaned slightly, and took the envelope. Just stood like this, opened it and took a closer look, and immediately raised his eyebrows.

It turned out that it contained a confession document, which clearly and clearly stated: Shi Nai, the Marquis of Special Protection, knows Yangzhou Mansion. Then what was written at the back of the document was Shi Nai's appearance, and then there was the big seal of the Ministry of Officials and the approval of the Military Aircraft Department.

Shi Nai's hands trembled a little when he held this thin document, and with it, he would be able to be the prefect of Yangzhou Mansion.

Shi Nai stood in a daze with the paperwork for a long time and didn't come back to his senses, and the housekeeper next to him hurriedly reminded him: "Master Hou, Master Hou, Steward Lin is still standing there, what do you command?" ”

Shi Nai only reacted now, and then said to the housekeeper: "Reward, reward fifty taels of silver for Steward Lin to go back to tea." ”

However, the housekeeper was a little embarrassed, and fifty taels of silver was not a small amount for their house. I don't know if it counts when I get to Mrs.

Shi Nai saw his embarrassment, "You take Steward Lin to Madame to get the reward, Madame naturally knows what's going on." ”

Lin Zhixiao watched the interaction between their master and servant below, and they all felt funny. The dignified Hou Mansion was embarrassed by fifty taels of silver, who could believe this?

The housekeeper took Lin Zhixiao out of the study and went to his wife to receive the reward. Besides, Shi Nai's can't read enough of this document.

Now Shi Nai fantasizes about how he can throw off his arms and do a job when he arrives in Yangzhou, and he doesn't say anything about sharing worries for the emperor, just thinking about what benefits he can have in office, and how much the officials under him will honor themselves every year.

Then there is whether those people who went out to Yangzhou to take office are unruly, whether they should give them a dismount after going again, let them know how powerful they are, and then they can be called.

The most important thing is to cooperate with other officials in Yangzhou, those who speak and talk to Caoyun Yamen are higher than his official position, and he still ignores them. These are all questions.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a noise outside the study. Shi Nai frowned, thinking that who was so blind, and he was just happy for a while to make himself angry. Who knew that as soon as the door opened, it was his wife Zhang who came in.

It turned out that Mrs. Zhang knew what was going on when the housekeeper came to her to receive the reward for Lin Zhixiao. Although I felt a little distressed about so much money, I still rewarded it for the sake of the Hou Mansion's face. I thought that if I took the fifty taels, they would be able to get fifty thousand taels next year.

After Mrs. Zhang sent Lin Zhixiao away, she waited in the house for Shi Nai to return to the back house to give her good news, but the left waited didn't come, and the right waited didn't come.

So Mrs. Zhang couldn't wait, so she took the maid out of the second door and went straight to Shi Nai's outer study.

As soon as Zhang entered the door of the study, he saw that Shi Nai was sitting there in a daze with a piece of paperwork.

It wasn't until Zhang came in that Shi Nai reacted and looked at her unhappily, "Why are you here?" Didn't bother me to read Yaxing. ”

Zhang didn't have the same knowledge as him, and walked up to him with a smile, "Master, did Rongguo Mansion send documents?" I saw that you never knew how to stay in the back house, so I came over to take a look. ”

Shi Nai touched his beard as if he didn't care at all, and handed the document in his hand to Zhang's face, "What's there to worry about, I just want to be quiet in that study more, and think about how to share the emperor's worries when I go to office." ”

Zhang took the document with a smile, read it carefully a few times, and the smile on his face became even brighter. Where is this a fluttering paperwork, this is tens of thousands of taels of silver a year.

Shi Nai looked at her and smiled disdainfully: "Look at your unproductive appearance, where is this, in a few years, I may be able to return to Beijing to be the secretary of the sixth department." ”

Zhang secretly rolled his eyes, he didn't know how capable Shi Nai was, he was already thankful that he could treat this prefect well, and he still wanted to be the secretary of the six departments, why didn't he go to heaven?

"Master, looking at the document that said that you will be appointed within a month, should we pack up and go south immediately."

The Zhang family was already a little impatient, when she was in the capital, although she was the wife of the Hou Mansion, she was also a good fate. But what's the use! There are many Mrs. Houfu like her in the capital. Compared with the wife of the prefect of Yangzhou, it is too far behind. When you arrive in Yangzhou, you are your own one-third of an acre, and the people there have to pay homage to themselves, so they are happy. Where do you have to be cautious about everything you do in the capital, for fear of offending which powerful person?