The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

The emperor glanced at the few people below and asked, "Where is Jia Aiqing's army now?"

Li Guanglu, the secretary of the military department, went out to play.

"Back to Your Majesty, the army of the King of Liaodong has been stationed in Liaoyang City, except for Shenyang, the territory of Liaodong has been returned to our hands, all of this is thanks to Your Majesty's Hongfu, congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty."

The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, and laughed.

"Okay, Jia Aiqing really didn't disappoint me, in just over two months, he has already hit Liaoyang, taken Shenyang, and recovered the entire territory of Liaodong, which is just around the corner."

Hu Yong also sighed: "In the past, the soldiers and horses of our court were chased and beaten by the barbarians, and they were driven out of Liaodong all the way, losing troops and losing their morale. How miserable.

changed the king of Liaodong to go up, but it was the other way around, and the barbarians who fought lost their troops and lost their generals, and fled in embarrassment, not daring to take advantage of their edge, and fled all the way back to their hometown. The military talent of the King of Liaodong is truly impressive."

Li Rong nodded: "This is called a soldier, a nest of bears, with the leadership of the king of Liaodong, our soldiers are also warriors like wolves and tigers. I don't think anyone disagrees with this."

Thinking about Jia Cong's achievements, even the emperor sighed and admired it.

"Li Aiqing is reasonable, the same soldier can't win a battle in the hands of others, but in the hands of Jia Aiqing, it's completely different, every battle will be won, let the enemy flee from the wind, this gap is really too big."

Liu Jin also said: "The old minister heard that the barbarians fled in despair, and when the imperial court soldiers and horses arrived, there was no one in many cities, and the king of Liaodong did not fight much, and it seems that they will be able to take Shenyang a year ago."

Li Guanglu shook his head: "Shenyang is a little different, it has been in the hands of the barbarians for many years, and the city is high and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the barbarians hold on, they will not be able to defeat it for a while.

Besides, it will snow soon on the Liaodong side, and there will be no way to fight when it snows, and the army has fought several times, and it also needs to recuperate, and the king of Liaodong has no intention of sending troops a year ago, but has sent a part of his men and horses to purge the mountain bandits and rogues in various places to ensure local stability."

Hearing Li Guanglu say this, the emperor also thought so.

Now that the territory has been laid, it is necessary to ensure local stability as much as possible.

Some bandits and rogues really can't be kept any longer.

Jia Cong is understandable for doing this.

It is not a very important thing for Shenyang to take it one day sooner or later.

"Have all the officials sent by the imperial court take office? What is Jia Aiqing's attitude towards this matter?"

For this matter, the emperor is still quite concerned.

Especially Jia Cong's attitude, he has to figure it out and know it in his heart.

Hu Yong arched his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, those officials have already taken office, and there is indeed no one available under the King of Liaodong, and he is also happy to accept the officials sent by His Majesty, and said that His Majesty helped him solve his troubles, and I want to thank Your Majesty."

When the emperor heard this, he nodded secretly.

Jia Cong is still very knowledgeable about current affairs, and there is no one under him to use, which also shows that he has no dissenting intentions.

Otherwise, he would have recruited a group of staff members to do things for him.

For now, it's still trustworthy.

As for what will happen in the future, it is impossible to guess, I hope Jia Cong is an obedient person.

"That's fine, as for how to fight, we won't point fingers, just let Jia Aiqing decide for herself."

If these people could fight, they would not have reached the point where they were before, and now it would be a bit redundant to stand up and point fingers.

As the emperor, he can still carry this clearly.

Liu Jin stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, there are rumors outside that the king of Liaodong colluded with the barbarians to make the barbarians take the initiative to retreat and give up a large area of the city.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the imperial study,

They all frowned and turned their heads to look at Liu Jin.

They didn't believe it at all.

Jia Cong and the barbarians can be said to have a deep hatred like the sea, killing many of the top figures of the barbarians, how can they collude with each other?

When Liu Jin said this, it was obviously nonsense, which made them unhappy in their hearts.

Tossing around blindly at this time, isn't this obviously offending Jia Cong.

Jia Cong is in his hands, but he is in charge of more than 300,000 troops, in case something happens, it is not a trivial matter.

Even if you want to weaken Jia Cong, it is not this time.

We must wait until the war is over, and then slowly weaken him step by step and suppress him.

Having this idea now is obviously unwise behavior.

Hu Yong frowned and looked at Liu Jin, he also disagreed with this statement.

"Lord Liu, don't say anything, you are not an imperial envoy, you can listen to the wind and do things. You are an important minister of the imperial court and a member of the cabinet, and you must be responsible for yourself and your majesty in everything you say and do."

Li Rong also stood up, and at this time he had to speak for Jia Cong,

Otherwise, I'm sorry for the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

"What Shoufu said is right, Lord Liu said so, but there is a suspicion of framing, please be cautious, this official believes that the King of Liaodong will not do such a thing, and there is no reason to do such a thing."

Li Guanglu also spoke: "Lord Liu's words are a bit of a joke, the king of Liaodong led his troops into Liaodong and has already killed hundreds of thousands of barbarians, how can he collude with the barbarians, this is simply a joke."

The emperor also didn't believe that Jia Cong would collude with the barbarians.

It could only be that they were afraid of Jia Cong, and those defenders fled in advance.

If there was really collusion between the two sides, how could they kill so many people on the other side?

Even a fool can see this.

For Liu Jin, an old minister, he was not easy to scold, so he didn't hear it.

"You Aiqing are right, and I also believe that Jia Aiqing is not that kind of person, so don't mention this matter again. I heard that Jia Aiqing is going to build the palace, so let the Ministry of Industry send more craftsmen over."

"Your Majesty."

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Shenjing City, Rongguo Mansion.

Wang Xifeng returned to his courtyard and happened to see Jia Lian coming back drunk.

Suddenly, he was a little angry, and he was a little angry.

"You are really the eldest master's own son, you know how to drink and play with women every day, one of you plays at home, and the other goes out to play, don't you know to do something serious?"

Jia Lian grinned, stretched out his hand and wiped it on her face, which was slapped away by Wang Xifeng.

"Hmph, don't touch me, provoke some unclean women outside every day, my mother is still afraid of being infected, stay away from me in the future."

Jia Lian was bored, so he had to sit down on a chair on the side.

"I said Feng'er, now our family is not short of money, now the mining side, there are fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver every year, last year I followed Brother Cong to toss food, but I earned three or four hundred thousand, and our family is not short of money.

This money is our own, and the public school does not have as much money as ours, but it is much better than the days of previous years, how is it to enjoy it, be content, you don't want to be content."

When Wang Xifeng heard this, he couldn't help but pout.

Over the years, he has been stained with the light of his brother-in-law Jia Cong, and he has indeed made a lot of money.

After careful calculation, the two of them also saved six or seven hundred thousand taels of silver, which was indeed incomparable between the past and the present.

should have been content, but looking at Jia Lian and then at Jia Cong, she felt a little uncomfortable.

It's better that it didn't happen with Jia Cong, but since I had an intersection with Jia Cong, I have even more disdainful of Jia Lian.

She also knows that with the relationship between two people, it is impossible to have results.

However, it's like smoking a big cigarette, you know it's harmful, but you just can't quit.

Jia Cong was not at home during this time, so she began to think again

He's gone, like a demon.

Today at the old lady's place, it happened that the cousin of the Shi family came.

A happy and beaming look.

told the old lady that a few children were going to Liaodong, and Jia Cong was beaten hard, which made the old lady happy.

After all, the Shi family is her maiden family, and she is still happy to help her mother's family.

Her grandson helped her take care of her mother's family, she was naturally relieved, felt face-saving, and smiled all day long.

When Wang Xifeng heard Jia Cong's news, his heart was even more like a cat's claw.

When he came back and saw Jia Lian who had just come back, he naturally didn't have a good face.

"You will be content with this little money at home, and people in Dongfu can earn us several times a year, and people don't think they have too much money."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Brother Cong makes a lot of money, we naturally can't compare, he makes so much money and can't spend it, keeping it can only make people blush, and it's not a good thing, but we are more at ease."

I calculated it for Brother Cong, over the years, Dongfu has earned at least tens of millions of taels of silver, and they can't spend all the flowers they have sacrificed, and they don't know where they are hidden."

When Wang Xifeng heard him say this, he was also shocked.

This number startled her, although she knew that Jia Cong was rich, she didn't know that there were so many.

He couldn't figure it out, how could Jia Cong have so much silver?

"You won't talk nonsense, I know that Dongfu makes a lot of money and is very rich, but it can't be so much, this can't be scared to death."

Jia Lian shook his head and chuckled: "This is still too little, last year, just selling grain, as well as the booty belonging to Brother Cong, and the loot that was intercepted by the family, added up, more than 10 million taels of silver.

Brother Cong has great ability and courage, we can't compare to these, we just need to drink a sip of soup."

Wang Xifeng's eyes widened, Jia Lian's words really shocked her.

"My, that stinky boy, how dare he? Aren't you afraid that others will report him? How dare you do anything?"

"You know what? Brother Cong is the commander of the first army, and during the counterinsurgency, the military and political power in Shaanxi was decided by him, although he followed a cabinet minister, but he also needed to rely on Brother Cong.

Those rebels burned, killed and looted, and most of the money fell into their hands, and half of the money fell into the hands of those black-hearted grain merchants, all of whom were collected by Brother Cong, and most of the money fell into his hands.

He distributed it to his soldiers, almost half, and some other people also shared a lot, and sent some of it to the palace and handed over a part to the treasury, and everyone took it, so naturally no one said anything."

Wang Xifeng muttered, "It's so profitable to fight a war, why didn't you know it before."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Only when you win a battle can you have spoils, and you have to be as flexible as Brother Cong, in recent decades, the imperial court has basically not won more battles, and has been pressed and beaten by the barbarians, where is the spoils to take?"

Wang Xifeng nodded: "By the way, the cousin of the Shi family is here today, those cousins of the Shi family are going to Liaodong to follow Brother Cong to do things, and now Liaodong is your brother's, or you should also help him do things, it is better to use your own people than others."

If you go, at least you have to be a city lord, such a large territory, he can't manage it himself, you, as a brother, go and help him, help him watch the others, and save yourself from being fooled."

When Jia Lian heard this, he was still a little moved.

Now Liaodong is really the territory of his own family.

If he really goes, with his own identity, he can walk sideways in Liaodong.

Although I don't have great skills, I still have some ability to do things.

But when I think of Liaodong, the harsh environment of ice and snow, when it comes to winter, everyone can die when it is cold, and I feel a little frightened.

Compared with the capital, Liaodong is a wild place.

He was used to being comfortable in the capital, and he really didn't want to go to Liaodong to suffer

Crime.

"Feng'er, I think it's better to forget it, the climate in Liaodong is too bad, and people can freeze to death when it's cold in winter, it's a wild land, a place of exile, and some officials would rather make up for it than go to Liaodong.

Even if I go to Liaodong to help Brother Cong, I won't make much money, so I might as well stay at home. The capital is the place where we nobles should take it, and besides, I'm not at home all the year round, what if you miss me."

"Phew, I don't have any ambition, and I still talk about this kind of thing, and that's all you can do."

Originally, I thought that if he followed Jia Cong to do things, maybe he would be able to mix up his official body and be beautiful.

Seeing that Jia Lian had no ambition at all, he was so indulgent and tired of hard work, he died of this thought.

She just made a suggestion, but Jia Lian was unwilling, and she couldn't do anything about him.

These people in the Jia family are used to living a comfortable life, and they can't endure hardship, and among so many people, Jia Cong is the only one who knows how to work hard.

Jia Lian smiled and didn't care too much.

How good it is to be comfortable in the capital, to go to the place in Liaodong to suffer, what do you want, and his brain is not broken, so he will not go.

"Feng'er, the little money that is an official doesn't have much money, most of them rely on corruption and bribery, and they take advantage of it, even if I go to help Brother Cong, he can't give me too much, I can't embezzle his money.

Therefore, in order to prevent it from being difficult in the future, I still don't want to mix things around, and others can go if they want to, and we can stay comfortably in the capital and enjoy happiness, and make a lot of money, wouldn't it be better."

Thinking about it carefully, what Jia Lian said also has some truth.

Relying on the big tree of Jia Cong, there is no shortage of money to spend, it is not good to enjoy it, and what is the strength of tossing.