Chapter 0328 - Lest the Emperor Be Jealous

Jia Min and Jiang Mingqian's joint performance convinced the civil and military officials that the battle of Bukui was indeed won. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

But then the question arises: how exactly did he win?

With 1,700 recruits, 20,000 iron horsemen can be defeated, which is unbelievable to anyone.

"Emperor Qiqi, it's not that the ministers don't believe in Jia Min, but how did he defeat the 20,000 iron horsemen, the ministers are very curious, and the words in the fold are unknown, can they ......."

Prince Chungshun came out and voiced his doubts.

"Yes, I'm a little strange, okay, let's pass Jiang Ming here."

"Rumor Jiang Ming's pre-audience!"

The deacon and chief eunuch Xia Bingzhong shouted at the top of his voice.

After a while, Jiang Ming came forward, and when he saw the ceremony, he turned around and walked to a corner of the ministers' ranks, and when he turned around and wanted to bow his hand to the ministers, he saw faces that wanted to swallow him.

Jiang Mingqian came back yesterday, and there were some people with him. Because it was already evening when I arrived in the imperial capital yesterday, I only came to meet the saint today.

He is just a servant of the criminal department, and he is not qualified to be in the court, so he can only wait for the summons.

"Jiang Mingqian, you and Jia Min said in their excerpts that you brought back the tribute silver you received, but is there such a thing?"

Although Yuanheng Tianzi's tone was serious, his face was very kind.

As soon as they heard about the silver, the ministers were more energetic and looked at Jiang Mingqian one after another.

"Back to the emperor, the minister brought it back, except for the one left for Bu Kui, a total of three hundred thousand taels, all here. Jia Min said that what he stayed behind would not be moved for the time being, and if the emperor asked him to hand it all back, he would hand it all back. ”

This is a method that Jia Min and Jiang Mingqian discussed, keep the money first, and if the emperor wants it, he will hand it back. If you don't want it, you can use it in Bukui.

Jia Min gambled that the emperor was embarrassed to take it back in front of the ministers.

It was a windfall, and no one expected to get it back. If the emperor asks him to hand it back, he will inevitably look ugly. I planned it for half a year, and I worked hard to get the silver back, and Bu Kui had a lot of money to spend, if he didn't leave some, wouldn't it be in vain.

Previously, the emperor once said that if you accept the money, you don't have to hand it over. However, that was when there was less silver. If there is less silver, others can not care. However, now that he has collected more than 600,000 taels at once, if he doesn't hand over some, others are likely to be red-eyed. After comprehensive consideration, Jia Min decided to hand over half of it.

"That being the case, it's just that the rest is not paid, and Bu Kui has a lot of places to spend money, so I'll leave it to them. Xia Bingzhong, get the money back. ”

Although Yuanheng Tianzi said it happily, he was very distressed in his heart.

This child of the Jia family called him black for more than 300,000 taels at once. Next time, if something like this happens, you can't cheapen him.

However, with these three thousand taels, Xiao Chang'an's future dowry money can be regarded as settled.

Xia Bingzhong came down and took the silver ticket from Jiang Mingqian's hand.

What does that mean? Just took the money away and didn't hand it over to the treasury?

Hubu Shangshu's eyes widened, and the emperor asked Xia Bingzhong to collect the money in full view of everyone, which means that it belongs to the emperor.

Theoretically speaking, the whole world is owned by the emperor. However, in reality, the emperor is still different from the world.

In terms of money, the imperial court has a treasury, but this money is not spent casually by the emperor, and if you want to spend money, you must have a name.

If the emperor wants to spend whatever he wants, it's okay, spend your own money. The emperor's own money is the treasury in the court, which is the emperor's private money.

Now that the money was not handed over to the household department, but in the hands of Xia Bingzhong, it proves that the emperor has put the money into his own small treasury.

And he put it away in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, which shows that he doesn't care about what others think at all.

At this time, the head of the household department finally understood, why did the emperor ask himself at the beginning, did he count on this silver?

"The emperor is shengming, Bu Kui is in ruins, he really needs money, and the minister Jia Min is grateful to the emperor for his grace."

"Jiang Mingqian, tell everyone, how did Jia Min defeat 20,000 iron horses?"

"Back to the emperor, there are a lot of things to do, and the minister doesn't know where to start?"

"Let's start from the beginning, it's okay today, I have the time to listen."

"That being the case, the minister started from the time he first arrived in Bukui. As soon as he arrived in Bukui, he felt that this place was different. First the walls ....... ”

So, Jiang Mingqian told Bu Kui about the situation of the virtual city wall.

This is also what he calculated with Jia Min, the purpose is to prove the necessity of leaving that money.

Otherwise, he left 300,000 taels of silver at once, which is easy to make others red. If a minister questions it, it will be much more troublesome to explain.

When he walked on the streets of Bukui, he saw some slogans, among which there were a few that impressed him the most. One is 'empty talk to ruin the country, hard work to rejuvenate the country', and the other is 'loyalty to the monarch and love the people, self-denial and public service'. ”

"The most impressive one is, 'Don't ask the court what you have done for you, first ask what you have done for the court'."

"To be honest, the minister was moved at that time, it can be seen that although Jia Min is thousands of miles away in the extreme border, he still always puts the emperor and the court in his heart."

"That's really what it's written there?"

Yuan Heng Tianzi's face became serious.

"Back to the emperor, what the minister saw with his own eyes is true, and he dare not deceive the emperor."

Seeing that he had successfully attracted everyone's attention, Jiang Mingqian continued to speak.

At first, the minister also doubted that Jia Min was doing this superficially, but after seeing the soldiers of the Fu Corps, he no longer doubted it. It turned out that those ordinary soldiers also kept the emperor in their hearts from time to time. ”

"When you charge and kill the enemy on the battlefield, you shout long live our emperor. In the Battle of Red Rock Beach, a soldier named Huang Mao and his two companions killed nine strong enemies in a row, and finally died with one of the enemy's commanders. At the last moment, he asked someone to carry himself to the horse, and the last words he said were "Long live my emperor", and before the last word was finished, he died of anger and martyrdom. ”

Jiang Mingqian said and unconsciously shed tears.

The story of Huang Mao was told to him by Jia Min. To be honest, when he heard it, he was really moved.

Now that such a long time has passed, he still can't help but cry when he talks about it.

Because Jia Min helped him cover up the ugly things, he also wanted to take this opportunity to say more good things for Jia Min in front of the emperor.

Asking the soldiers to shout on the battlefield "Long live my emperor, long live, long live" was Jia Min's decision after careful consideration.

First of all, the government corps is a government corps headed by Jia Mansion, and the family color is very heavy.

Secondly, the government corps was trained by him, and it was marked with his strong personal color.

At present, the scale of the government corps is still small, so it will not attract much attention from others. However, with the victory of the Battle of Bukui and the expansion of the size of the provincial corps in the future, it is inevitable that more attention will be paid to it.

If the personal color is too heavy, it is easy for people to catch the truth, saying that there is only Jia Min in the eyes of the government corps, and there is no military department, or even the emperor. This is very taboo. It is easy to arouse the suspicion of others and even the emperor.

Therefore, there is the act of shouting "Long live my emperor, long live". The first is to dilute the personal color, the second is to boost morale, and the third is to instill in the soldiers the idea of loyalty and patriotism.

An army that is loyal only to individuals is dangerous for Jia Min, and it is actually dangerous for the soldiers.

Jia Min didn't dare to guarantee that he would always take the government corps. Therefore, he had to think long-term about the future of his men.

Jiang Mingqian's eloquence was already better, and at this time, he was bent on saying good things for Jia Min, and the story of Huang Mao was indeed touching.

After saying this, even the ministers who were hostile to him and Jia Min were a little moved.

"Jia Aiqing leads the troops well, always has social integrity in mind, and is commendable in his loyalty, but it is difficult for him."

This is the first time that Yuanheng Tianzi used the word "Aiqing" to call Jia Min.

The ministers are naturally not stupid, seeing that the emperor has characterized Jia Min like this, they were still ready to question it, so they have dispelled their thoughts.

"To be honest, for Jia Min's war with the four major tribes, the minister didn't understand and opposed it at the beginning. thinks that Jia Min is young and vigorous, and he is so happy. ”

However, after Jia Min told Chen his true intentions, Chen realized that Jia Min was right.

"Oh? Tell me, what is his real intention? ”

When both the military department and the emperor had made it clear that they were against the war with the four major tribes, Jia Min still went to war. This is actually a dangerous move.

Even if he wins, he will give people the impression of disobeying orders and making decisions on his own.

There must be a strong reason to dispel this impression.

In fact, recovering the tribute is not Jia Min's main purpose. It's just a pretext for war. ”

"Jia Min's real purpose is to lay a foundation for Bu Kui for long-term peace and stability from now on."

"The existence of the Wendula steppe cavalry, for decades, has been a serious security hazard for Bukui, in case the grassland cavalry releases Bukui's wanderers, it will have a serious impact on the world."

"The southern Wendura grassland is too close to Bukui, and if the cavalry attack, it will only take seven or eight hours to reach it. The terrain of Bukui is flat and there is no natural danger to defend. Thousands of garrisons, in fact, are not at all the opponents of the steppe iron cavalry. ”

"If you want to keep Bukui safe, you can't do it without tens of thousands of garrisons. Moreover, over time, the consumption of military spending is a huge amount of money. ”

"Therefore, if you want to eliminate this henchman, you can only disarm the steppe cavalry and bring the Wendula grassland under the rule of the imperial court."

"The steppe iron riders are unruly and rebellious. If you want to disarm them, it is not enough to defeat them once or twice, you must solve the problem at the root. ”

"Therefore, Jia Min took the first military defeat, then canceled the tribal leaders, moved the tribal leaders out of the grassland, isolated them from the original tribes, and completely removed the personal dependence between the tribes and the leaders."

In this way, even if they try to rebel in the future, no one will follow him. He became a loner, and he couldn't rebel even if he wanted to. ”

"After that, the imperial court set up prefectures and counties there, put the grassland tribes directly under the rule of the imperial court, counted the population, inspected the grasslands, mountains and forests, water sources, and acres of fields, collected taxes, and opened schools."

"On the Bukui side, we will build cities, develop the economy, create jobs, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment, so that we can have long-term peace and stability."

When Jiang Mingqian said this, Yuanheng Tianzi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his heart.

Isn't this exactly the answer to Jia Min's question about changing the land and returning to the stream when he took the liberal arts exam in the Wuju Palace?

At that time, Jia Min's answer left a deep impression on Yuanheng Tianzi. Jia Min's answer can be said to be the most outstanding among all candidates.

Everything Jia Min is doing in Bukui now is actually a realistic version of his answer.