Shenjing West City, Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Cong has no old people around him, although there are still four guards from the Wuwang Mansion, Jia Cong rarely supports them.

The one who came to Rongfu to report the news was a one-eyed old man.

There were still a few terrifying scars on his face, and when he came on horseback, he bluffed the Rongfu Menzi.

However, when they learned that it was for the return of the third master Cong, who was out on the expedition, several disciples couldn't be afraid, and happily reported to the inside to ask for a reward.

Unexpectedly, I only received a letter from the north this morning, and at noon people actually arrived in Chang'an.

Jia Zheng was in the outer study, talking with Cheng Rixing, Cai Deming and other Qing guests.

Cai Deming, Xu Ruijie, and Zhao Puyang are all newly recruited Qing guests in the past year, and they have their own talents.

What the four of them said with Jia Zheng is also mostly an interesting story about Jia Qingchen, the Qilin son of the Jia family.

What we are talking about today is not the talent of the Qing ministers, nor the ability of the Qing ministers, but the filial piety of the Qing ministers......

Jia Cong went to Heiliao Aihui City at the end of August last year, and on the eighth day of November, Jia Yu died of illness.

By the time Jia Cong received the funeral letter, it had already passed the New Year.

When the battle of Yaksa was in full swing, Jia Cong led the auxiliary soldiers of the wounded and sick battalion every day, doing everything possible to save the dead and clean up the wounded.

And at night, he changed into filial piety clothes and kept filial piety alone.

Heiliao is so bitter and cold, even the auxiliary soldiers have meat to eat and drink to keep out the cold, and after Jia Cong got the mourning letter, he no longer had any meat to eat.

This matter was not what Jia Cong wrote back to say, but after the family letters of others on the front line were transmitted back to Duzhong, it only reached Jia Zheng's ears.

For a time, the name of benevolence and filial piety of the pure children of the Jia family was prosperous.

In this world of filial piety, there is no better name for this name.

A group of Qing guests used this as a chatter, one is to pass on the name of the Jia family, and the other is to curry favor and compliment Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng looked very happy when he heard this.

In the past two years, the Jia family has been bitter first and then sweet.

Before the bleak wind and rain, there was a feeling that the building was about to fall.

Even the loss of the foundation of a national mansion is really heart-wrenching.

Fortunately, Jia Cong abandoned his pen and followed Rong later, which can be regarded as temporarily calming the unfavorable situation.

After Jia Yu died of illness, the palace remembered the Ding Ding meritorious service of the second duke of the original Rongning, and let Jia Yu mourn after his death.

Only then can the Jia family be completely stabilized.

And now it is constantly icing on the cake, the better the family style, Jia Zheng, who has experienced great pressure and setbacks before, how can he not like it?

Just as he was about to say something humble, he suddenly heard a murmuring outside, and then he saw the servant standing at the door bowing in, and said with a smile on his face: "Master, great joy! ”

Jia Zheng was stunned at first, and then thought of something, Huo Ran stood up and asked urgently, "But Cong'er is back?" ”

When he received the letter in the morning, he thought it would be a few days.

I thought it would be within three or five days, but I didn't want to ......

He couldn't think of anything else to be happy about.

Sure enough, the slave nodded again and again, "Exactly!" The third master sent someone to come back first to report the news, and now he has arrived at the fifteen-mile post station outside Guanghua Gate, and he has been announced by the palace. Let a pro-soldier come back first to report the news, so as not to worry the master! ”

Jia Zheng was so excited when he heard this, he said one after another: "Hurry, let the messenger come in and speak!" ”

The servant also heard from the disciples, and knew nothing else, so he went out to proclaim his commandment.

Before long, when the terrifying-looking one-eyed soldiers came in, Jia Zheng and the others were all frightened.

They are all people who are accustomed to being rich and noble, how have they ever seen such a tragic person?

I couldn't even speak for a while......

The soldier was a person who understood, and knew that the person in the middle was Jia Cong's elder, and after respectfully saluting a military salute, he went out of Jia's house.

Then return to the station.

After he left, Jia Zheng came back to his senses, and as soon as he spit out a breath, tears rolled down his eyes.

He couldn't imagine what Jia Cong was like now.

If it becomes like this......

God!

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Daming Palace, in the upper study.

After Emperor Longzheng solved many doubts in his heart, he was in a much better mood, and asked again: "Jia Cong, you have also seen and heard about it on the Heiliao front, what do you think about the Rakshasa ghost?" Is Eros credible? ”

Jia Cong bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether the Eros people are credible or not, the important thing is that Daqian can't give them the opportunity to be untrustworthy. ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the eight important military ministers looked over again.

The four cabinet ministers looked at each other with obvious disgust.

Unconventional people, so out of the world.

They even speculated that Jia Cong deliberately said this in order to get a high reward......

Chong Kangdi said indifferently: "How can you say this? ”

Jia Cong said: "Your Majesty, the minister chatted with the captives of Eros in Yaksa, and learned a lot about the other country. Originally, Eros was a small principality less than the size of a province, but in just a few hundred years, the country frantically invaded and annexed its neighboring countries and expanded its territory. Today, the territory of the country is so vast that it is even above the Great Qian, but it is still not satisfied, and it continues to expand to the west and east. What's even more terrifying is that the state system of Eros is serfdom. ”

After hearing the first half of the speech, the Minister of the Military Aircraft Cabinet, who already had a solemn face, became more and more solemn after listening to the second half of the speech, even the Minister of the Military Aircraft Cabinet, who advocated war the most.

Jia Cong said in a deep voice: "The minister also heard a saying that in Eros, except for the nobles and landlords, ordinary people are not called people at all, but are called gray animals. There is no such thing as mercy, and one group of grey animals has died, and there will be another. So on the battlefield, the tenacity of the Eros is beyond imagination.

In the battle of Yaxa, more than 1,000 Rakshasa ghosts defended the fortified city, and when Captain Li took the lead in breaking through the city, they retreated to the alleys in the city and started street fighting.

In the end, when they asked for peace in the general's palace, there were only sixty-six people left, most of whom were officers.

If ordinary soldiers dare to surrender, the whole family will not end well.

From this, it can be seen that the Rakshasa ghost has a cold heart. They are cruel not only to their enemies, but also to their own people.

Such an enemy is very terrifying. ”

Emperor Chongkang looked at Jia Cong and asked in a deep voice, "Jia Cong, what do you mean?" ”

Jia Cong said: "The minister's intention is as previously said, and he must not give Eros the opportunity to invade the border on a large scale. ”

Emperor Chongkang's brows furrowed, and he said, "Let's talk about details." ”

Jia Cong said: "Your Majesty, Daqian fought a battle in Yaxa, mobilized 10,000 people, and went on an expedition, even if he won the war, it seems that he has gained nothing, but the price is very great. For Eros, however, the cost is at least three or even five times that of the Great Qian. For Yaksa was far from the rich land of Urros, from their royal city, far farther than from Daqian. Moreover, from Yaksa to the south, the warmer and easier it is to walk, and it is relatively easy to replenish. And further north of Yaksa, it is more and more difficult to walk, and the more cold it becomes.

The place where Eros now lives is called Yakutsk, where only three months of the year are barely warm, and most of the rest of the year is in the snow and ice.

However, even under such severe cold and harsh conditions, Eros still mobilized more than 1,000 people to be stationed in Yakutsk, looking for an opportunity to invade our territory in the south.

If, Eros gets a warm place to stay. Give it the opportunity to slowly mobilize tens of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of troops from the Erros homeland, and then ......

For the entire Black Liao, it will be a disaster!

Therefore, in his humble opinion, the minister thought that when our great cadres were victorious, we should never give Eros the slightest chance to treat him with mercy and gratitude.

Those who are in the other country are also beasts!

How can you enjoy the beauty of my Chinese etiquette and benevolence? ”

Ning Zechen, who never spoke, said lightly: "What if this makes Eros unable to sue for peace, and he becomes angry and sends a large army to attack?" You also said that the beasts of the other country abuse the people like animals, and they do not hesitate to use the people's strength, how can they be rational at all? ”

Jia Cong bowed and said: "What Yuan Fu said is very true, but Xia Guan also said before that Eros wants war, and the cost is far greater than that of Daqian. Even if the other country abuses the people like animals, even if they invite a group of animals to fight, it will cost a lot of national strength. As long as they are not given a chance to slowly build up their strength at the border, the threat posed will only be scabies.

In addition, Eros is now at war with another great power to the west. Every few years, there is a big war between the two countries. A hundred years had passed since such wars, and Eros could not afford to wage another national war in the East. ”

Ning Zechen and others had unequal information and were silent.

Li Daolin frowned and looked at Li Hu, who was looking at Jia Cong in a daze, and said in a deep voice: "Do you know what Jia Cong said? ”

Li Hugan laughed and replied, "Go back to the old man...... Back to the adult's words, the end will be in the process of recuperating from injuries, so ...... I don't know. ”

Li Daolin snorted coldly, no longer looked at him, but looked at Cui Zheng and Zhao Lixing, and asked, "Do you know the two of you?" ”

When Cui Zheng and Zhao Lixing heard this, they looked at each other awkwardly and shook their heads together.

Seeing this, Li Daolin looked at Jia Cong again, with more suspicion in his eyes.

Jia Cong smiled indifferently and said, "My lord, what the lower official said, in fact, you don't need to look for someone in the north to know it. Now that the great cadres are strong and strong, and there are many people who come and go to do business in the countries of the western part of the strait, the lord ordered the department to find some foreign people from the western part of the strait, and they can also find out after some investigation. These are not very secret things. ”

When Li Daolin heard this, he pressed the doubt in his heart and looked at Emperor Chongkang.

Emperor Chongkang slowly bowed his head, his heart was heavy, he looked at Jia Cong with a wrinkled brow and asked, "The imperial court will send someone to investigate this matter as soon as possible, do you know anything?" ”

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "There is one thing...... Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, since ancient times, the people of Haixi have not been educated by Confucius, and only recognize profit, not righteousness. Therefore, for foreigners, they can be used, but they cannot be trusted. Although the countries of the western part of the sea have much hatred for each other, they all believe in one god, the so-called God. and regarded us as heretics who did not believe in God. A thousand years ago, all those who were considered heretics would have been burned to death by them. Therefore, the minister thinks that foreigners must not be gullible. ”

Emperor Chongkang looked at Jia Cong with deep eyes, and after staring at him for a long time, he replied slowly: "It's rare that you have this loyalty, or not, I'm still embarrassed, you are still young, how to reward you for your great achievements." Now there are counts...... Jia Cong listened! ”

Jia Cong hurriedly saluted and said, "The minister is here!" ”

In the eyes of everyone, Emperor Chongkang said slowly: "Today, there is a first-class Sun Jia Cong, the heir of the Duke of Rongguo, who is honest, filial piety, benevolence and bravery, loyal and resolute, and is not enough to learn in the year, and the first credit is in the battlefield of Yaksa. Standing up for virtue and being loyal to the king's affairs, I am very comforted. Jinte was promoted to the second class of loyal and brave ......"

At this point, although the eight militaristic ministers all squinted, they did not have any objections.

Jia Jiaguo is the first family of the country, and Jia Cong has indeed made a meritorious contribution to the first merit, and it is reasonable to reward a second-class uncle. A second-class uncle, he is really inconspicuous among the nobles.

It's just that Emperor Chongkang's next words made the eight militaristic ministers of Yue Zhi Yuanyu all change their faces:

"Jia Cong, since you are familiar with the Haixi people and have a good at this way, and now the imperial court urgently needs information in this regard, you can be a commander of the Jinyi pro-army, search for information about the people of various countries for the imperial court, and submit it as soon as possible."

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