It is worthy of being a person who has served as a Hanlin officer, Jia Cong replied lightly, and completely refuted the proposal and question of Li Shanzhi, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and refuted his demise and inapplicability of abandoning his knowledge, picking jade and destroying pearls.

Although Jia Cong's return to Beijing last year did bring back a sum of money, but compared with the larger investment in successive years, people seem to have this investment obviously not worth it, if this is accurate, Jia Cong's power and assets will be attenuated more sharply, and it is not impossible to even convict him, this is a political struggle, and the national economy and people's livelihood are second to most of them.

Among them, Shi Nai Shi Ding, who ranks among the nobles, is leisurely and complacent, according to the national dynasty system, their marquis and the first-class members generally wear seven-beam crowns, but the marquis and the duke have the same caged sable cicada, standing pen, and golden cicadas before and after, and the first-class members do not have some noble symbols inside, so these two marquis seem more majestic.

However, the brothers, who have never been close to the Jia family and Jia Cong, seem relaxed at the moment, it seems that Jia Cong is very likely to lose in this battle, Baoling Hou Shi Nai's big belly and the old god are there, taking advantage of the dispute in the Qinzheng Palace, he looked around and talked and laughed and said: "Third brother, Jia Cong gambled with us 300,000 taels of products from the free Shanhai store, and the 300,000 taels are only the factory price, and there are still many profits." ”

"That's what the second brother said." Zhongjing Marquis Shi Ding's eyebrows flew and smiled happily, he, who was born as a military attache and became an official, was no more able to hide than a civil official, and happily calculated: "This is very good, in this way, you and my brother will not bother to add a few little wives, how can the little needlework and weaving of the women in the house be able to plug our teeth?" ”

Like them, the majority of people who think that Jia Cong will not win against opponents, because many people perceive that Jia Cong's opponents are obviously increasing and escalating, no, Li Shanzhi, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, has not finished speaking, Yangzhou Salt Law Dao, Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy Si Yan Ming came out to play: "Holy Lord, what the two adults said has their own truth. However, Jia Cong worked hard to manage the sea trade, and the military supplies, manpower, and craftsmen invested were afraid of hurting the economic lifeline of the southeast, so he had to think twice. The old minister thinks that he will do his best to deal with the rebels at home, and the rest of the overseas barbarian land is not enough to worry about. ”

Yan Ming, the envoy of the salt transport envoy of the two Huai, is a member of the Sanpin Rank, and he went to Beijing to report on his work, and he can also go to the court, this person has intersected when Jia Cong was the patrol of the imperial history, Lin Ruhai was still there at that time, Jia Cong saw him in a trance, sighed the passage of time, and smiled indifferently: "Lord Yan is well considered, I dare to ask, how was the middle river in the south back then?" ”

After all, Yan Ming is a lackey who has not been in court for a long time and privately seeks the welfare of the princes, but he knows very well that even if it is today's salt transportation, he has to thank Jia Cong for his long-lasting contribution to the river! But as an old minister under the banner of the Loyal King, he had to perfunctory and scolded: "What Master Jia asked, it is not my duty. ”

Jia Cong was silent, and Liu Dongsheng gave a look, and Lu Lianxian, the second-rank member and governor of the river, came out to answer: "Emperor Qi, in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth years of Yongle, Jia Cong served as the governor of Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui provinces according to the imperial history. Second, Jia Cong did not hesitate to sacrifice his reputation, and in exchange for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver with all kinds of bad reputations, all of which were thrown into the Kaizhong River. ”

"This middle river is one hundred and eighty miles long, from the Luoma Lake, along the north bank of the Yellow River, between the two embankments of the river and the two embankments, through Suqian, Taoyuan, to the exit of Zhongjiazhuang of the Qinghe River, because the separation of the Yellow River and the Grand Canal has been realized, so it is called the Middle River."

"If the Grand Canal and the Yellow River are successfully separated, then the flooding of the Yellow River will greatly reduce the impact on the canal, the impact on the north, and the supply of materials to Yanjing. This is one of the great feats since the founding of our dynasty, and it is also what Wechen must do in the winter solstice celebration today. ”

"The fourth is the separation of the river, the river leaving responsibility system, the management of the Yellow River, the invention and use of cement, all the plans are all out of the hands of Jia Cong, now a few years have passed, the river has been dredged, normal operation, so, how can the two Huai salt transport envoys not know at all? Isn't that a dereliction of duty?! Dare to ask Lord Yan Ming what kind of face he has to face the three-grade top on your head? ”

Yan Ming's color changed.

Ling Jieyuan said excitedly: "What Lu Aiqing played is serious? ”

Wei Dingguo said: "Your Majesty, the officials of the three provinces in the Yellow Flood Region are willing to guarantee with their lives!" The emperor can also send an internal supervisor to investigate. ”

Speaking of excitement, although Lu Lianxian had a disagreement with Jia Cong back then, mainly because he wanted to marry Qin Keqing as a concubine, and then gave up, but there was no political struggle with Jia Cong, when he saw Jia Cong's feats achieved one by one, Jia Cong's sacrifice, the people's love and the establishment of a temple for Jia Cong, he had to sigh, although there was also a part of Jia Cong's extortion of his younger brother Lu Lianlian, the prefect of Dongchang, but with the support of people in so many places, everything disappeared, and in the end, everyone profited together.

Jia Cong smiled, he knew that this was the secret hand of the people on his side, he was well-connected among the three princes and nine kings in the court, otherwise Jiuqing would push how could it be his turn to be a scholar? Are these bigwigs eating dry rice?

All of a sudden, the needle drop in the Diligent Government Hall can be heard!

Jia Cong, this is going to leave a strong mark in the annals of history!

Prince Zhongshun Ling Jiechu, Jia Siwen, and Gao Wenqi are really jealous and hateful! At the beginning, none of them were willing to do this thankless job, because the river officials were often executed by the Yongle Emperor Ling Chenghe, of course, it is also true that there is a lot of oil and water, look at Jia Cong's implementation for so many years to succeed, the seriousness of corruption can be imagined, and the risk is too great, I don't want Jia Cong to pay with all his might, under the disapproval of many people, there will be significant results today!

This kind of reputation and qualifications is what will really make Jia Cong's career advance and his life more secure!

Suddenly, many civil and military officials are mixed!

Even Shui Rong is no exception, he, the King of Beijing, has always given people the appearance of a virtuous king, why does today's limelight seem to be compared to Jia Cong and taken up?

Shi Nai and Shi Ding were also stunned, the brothers who seemed to be scheming at the beginning, also contained all kinds of complicated feelings in their eyes at this moment.

The mood is the most agitated, and the emperor on the throne Ling Duan, Jia Cong's feat was completed under his seat, he is the king to add a stroke, and this matter also evoked his memories, when he went to Henan, the same disaster area, and Jia Cong's connection has gradually strengthened from that time, what I see today, the emperor thought: "No matter what, Jia Cong is also one of the few people who serve the country and the people for the court." ”

Therefore, Emperor Ling decided to say with a straight face: "What the secretary has played, I will send Jinyi Wei to verify with the internal supervisor, if it is true, Jia Yuanfu should have the merit of sealing the marquis!" ”

Zhao Kang was anxious: "Your Majesty, it is the practice of our dynasty that you cannot be knighted unless you have military merits!" ”

Let Jia Cong be knighted again, won't he go to heaven? Unparalleled prestige? Who can fight him?

"yes, yes." Many people chimed in.

"Now even if he is not knighted, he will return to his ancestral hometown of Jinling, and his father will be buried according to the marquis ceremony, and Jia Aiqing will temporarily double his salary. The original confiscated Zhuang Tun of Ningguo Mansion was all given back to Jia Aiqing's name! "Ling Jieqi is very happy now.

Many people were unhappy, and their faces turned black and blue.

Taking advantage of this, Jia Cong immediately replied again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen, but Weichen has a word, the income from sea trade is far greater than the loss of sea trade, and what Governor Lu brought today will prove what Wei Chen said!" ”

Wow!

The Qinzheng Palace suddenly exploded again!