A bunch of civil and military officials who wanted to enter the imperial city gathered in front of the Great Xia Gate, and Jia Cong was ordered to go back to Beijing to report the news of Wangzhuang first, and squeezed for a long time before squeezing in front of the palace gate.

"Rong Enbo, the lower official really forgot to bring the official certificate, you can do well, let go of the official and go in, the lower official is still in a hurry to go to the household department to urge food."

At this time, on both sides of the doorway, the two old men lined up on both sides, one on the left and one on the right, wearing the armor of the captain of the forbidden army and hanging a long knife on their waists, their faces full of impatience.

Master Pardon glanced at the military attache in front of him who was smiling bitterly and begging for mercy, and pouted, "Want to go in?"

The man thought there was hope, and nodded violently: "Yes, yes, the lower officials are really in a hurry, and the grain and grass promised by the household department are just one strip away......

"If you want to go in, you can get the official certificate. No official is allowed to enter the Great Xia Gate, this is Wang Ba's ass - turtle belly!"

Belch......

The military attache is about to go crazy, and it is true that he needs to inspect the official certificate when he enters the imperial city to do business, but in the past hundred and ten years, this Wang Ba's ass has long been stewed, and these people, including him, usually brush their faces and enter it, who has nothing to do and wander around with the official certificate every day.

Master Pardon was so noisy that he waved his hand irritably: "Either take the official certificate, or get out, don't bother Lao Tzu." Be careful that Lao Tzu reports your names to the palace imperial history, and tomorrow you will all come to accompany Lao Tzu to guard the palace gate."

"Dad~"

"Hey, good son!"

When the baby cub came, the irritability on the face of the old man was immediately replaced by a bright smile like a chrysanthemum.

Jia Cong ran forward and patted the burden on his chest: "Uncle Ji let his son enter the palace to face the saint, and he has something important to report to Your Majesty."

"Good, good, good! Let's get inside!"

Master Pardon stretched out his big hand and rubbed it on his son's brain, and gently pushed it, and Jia Cong entered the palace gate.

Jia Cong didn't care about the excitement in front of the palace gate, so he walked quickly to the palace with his baggage.

Still, his ears moved slightly, as there was a great deal of grumbling behind him.

"Rong Enbo, why doesn't Ling Lang need an inspector to enter the palace?"

"Yes, yes, Rong Enbo, you're discriminating against Chiguo!"

"You also said Ling Lang, why can't I let him into the palace? Or you call me daddy, and I'll let you in."

Jia Cong smiled dumbly, shook his head and continued to hurry.

It seems that Daddy's janitor career is having a good time, so let him have a good time with the prince of Zhongshun.

There were several officials outside the Qinzheng Hall who were lined up to meet him, but Jia Cong only waited for less than half an hour before being personally led into the main hall by Xia Shouzhong.

Qi Bohan and Jia Cong passed by, Jia Cong inexplicably felt that this scholar was much haggard today, and couldn't help but look back more.

"Xia Gong, how old is Elder Qi Ge?"

Xia Shouzhong was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "If our family is not mistaken, Qi Ge is always born in the eleventh year of Taiping Xingguo, and there are three out of fifty this year."

"So young?"

Fifty-three, is it young? Not young anymore.

But in the cabinet, Qi Bohan's age is probably the young Zhuang faction in the cabinet.

But judging by the physiognomy......

Jia Cong muttered, "But when I look at the face of the elder Qi Ge, it is no smaller than the big minister. Especially today, I feel that he is much older again, and sure enough, the cabinet is a troublesome place, and I don't want to be so tired in the future."

"You also want to join the cabinet to pay respects? Let's first understand the Four Books and the Five Classics!"

inadvertently complained, but was taken over by the emperor and hit him with a critical blow.

Jia Cong's brain melted down, and he suddenly felt aggrieved.

"Your Majesty, why did you poke people in the sore spots, I have only been studying for less than a year, and now I have memorized the Analects and the University backwards."

The emperor took over the ambition in Jia Cong's arms, and glanced at Jia Cong with disdain: "Carry it back and listen, if you can really recite it backwards, I will give you ten thousand taels of gold!"

Belch......

Excessively! It's just a little bit of an exaggeration.

The numbers counted by Xinwangzhuang

Amazing, but the emperor did not have the anger he imagined, but laughed.

He threw the booklet to Xia Shouzhong and said with a smile, "Just dispose of it according to Uncle Ji's method and let the Imperial Tomb Guard take over." Gold and silver are temporarily stored in the Imperial Tomb Guard, ordnance...... In this way, didn't Qin Yuliang say that the white-pole army lacked armaments? Let her bring someone back."

"Emperor Shengming, General Qin has been urging the military department for several days, but the ordnance built earlier has been sent to Jiubian, and some of these ordnance are much more convenient."

Xia Shouzhong patted the dragon's fart, looked at the booklet in his hand again, and couldn't help exclaiming, "So much silver? Emperor, if this silver is known to the Minister of Finance, I am afraid that he will come to the Qinzheng Palace again to splash and roll."

"That's why I sent it to the Imperial Tomb!"

As soon as Emperor Wen Tongxuan of Tobe mentioned it, he felt a toothache, and he waved his hand impatiently: "Companion, hurry up and arrange it, as long as the silver enters the imperial mausoleum, Lao Pixiu will have nothing to do with me even if he receives the news."

Click, click, click......

Tons and tons of ......

Jia Cong ate and drank, put all the snacks on the table into his stomach, and then picked up the teapot is tons and tons.

Xia Shouzhong went out of the palace to arrange things, and only the emperor and Jia Cong were left in the palace.

The emperor pursed his lips and watched Jia Cong eat and drink intently, until Jia Cong suddenly asked, "Do you say I am too indecisive?"

Yes?

Jia Cong took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and arched his hand: "Although the minister also wants to cut Liu Xin with a knife, His Majesty's disposition is the most in line with the current situation."

The emperor smiled bitterly: "I also comfort myself in this way, the strongest force in the hands of the old fourteen is in Jiangnan, and now the Zhen family is worried, and the father and emperor have taken away the errand, and those private soldiers raised by the old thirteen have been swept away in Jiangnan. Today's Old Fourteen is the commander of the light pole, and the threat that is placed in the open is no longer a threat, but the domain town is the big problem."

"Your Majesty is talking about the three prefectures of Xining, Beijing, and Dongping?"

Jia Cong snapped his fingers and shook his head, "Actually, these are not big problems. If they can really twist into a rope, the threat to the imperial court is indeed great. But these three families have their own calculations, as long as the imperial court divides and attacks them, the threat is actually not as good as the sao *** in the land of Liaodong."

Scold!

"You dare to say it, but unfortunately I can't take it lightly. After all, if there is a war, it will kill people."

The emperor still wanted to talk to Jia Cong for a while, but a report from the inner servant came from outside the door: "Emperor, Gonggong Dai of Longshou Palace asks to see you."

The two monarchs and ministers couldn't help but look at each other, could it be that the incident on the old fourteenth Zhuangzi happened?

"Biography."

Dai Quan walked into the Qinzheng Hall with a few folds, bowed down and said, "The old slave pays a visit to the emperor, and the list of candidates for the crown princess, the prince Liangdi and the ladies drawn up by the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple for the four highnesses has been set, and the sage asked the old slave to send it to the emperor to see."

Sigh!

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, the old man has been grumpy recently, and the old fourteen will continue to circle in the mansion.

He probably flipped through it, and it was similar to what Empress Dowager Cao had picked at that time, so be it.

"I don't have any opinions, Dai Daban, you send the list to Cining Palace, so that the queen mother can take a look at it. Also, let the Ministry of Rites hurry up, the eldest of the old fourteen families have all married the eighteenth concubine, and my eldest son is still a chick!"

Belch......

Jia Cong's eyes widened, but Dai Quan was not surprised, bowed down and retreated.

Even though Dai Quan had left, the emperor was still indignant.

"Hong'er is sixteen, and according to the imaginary age, he is almost eighteen, and he has not even touched a woman's fingers. The old fourteen is good, he has caused trouble to many girls, his sons are all the same, how old is the old man this year, thirteen or fourteen, and he married eighteen concubines. I can't remember the names of many women, so I even named them after the solar terms......

Your Majesty, why is your resentment so deep? Could it be that you also want to name the harem beauties with solar terms?

Jia Cong secretly complained in his heart, and after the emperor vented with Jia Cong for a while, he was a little unhappy.

"Forget it,

How can his canine son be compared to my dragon son?"

You're right!

Jia Cong nodded violently, and the emperor was relieved: "Okay, you can go back." Concubine Xian, you watch more, don't go out these days, and play with Concubine Xian at home."

said it was playing, but in fact, the emperor was still worried that the people behind him were doing it. Jia Cong is a big ghost, and with him in Rongguo Mansion to take care of him, he can rest assured.

There are more and more officials blocked in front of the palace gate, and the lord of pardon and the prince of Zhongshun are dutiful, and they are not allowed to enter the Great Xia Gate without official credentials.

Jia Cong said hello to Master Yu, boarded the carriage and slowly returned to Rongguo Mansion, the hustle and bustle in front of the palace gate became farther and farther away, and the swaying carriage made Jia Cong sleepy.

After returning home, I went to Rongxi Hall, the old lady was not there, and the sisters and sisters were not there, Jia Cong was too lazy to go to the garden to hang around, and after telling the mandarin ducks who stayed in Rongxi Hall, he went back to the house and fell asleep.

This sleep is a solid sleep, and when I wake up, it is already the beginning of the lanterns, auspicious, wishful to bring a basin of water, a veil.

"Master, the old ancestor said to wake up and go to Rongxi Hall, and the second master sent a letter from Jiangnan."

Jinling City, thousands of miles to the south, is still warm and charming, drunk, and the second master of Lian is now in charge of thousands of households in the Jiangnan Prefectures, with a high position, who dares not to give him face in the entire Jinling City.

The painting boats on the banks of the Qinhuai River are one after another, Jia Lian was invited to come today, and not long after boarding the painting boat, he was stuffed with two warm fragrant nephrites in his arms.

"It's really not easy to invite Second Master Lian to have a drink, either he is busy with official business or his wife doesn't allow it. I finally invited Second Master Lian out today, and sure enough, the head of the Zhou family has a big face, and I am grateful for the blessing of the head of the Zhou family today, and I am fortunate to have a drink with our Second Master Lian."

The person who spoke was Yao Bingling, the commander of Jinlingwei, although Jia Lian's official position was one level lower than him, but in terms of real power, Jia Lian was an existence that he couldn't climb.

From the right Wuwei of the third product to command the Tongzhi and the dragon guard to the Jinling town envoy, it is far from being comparable to the command of a local guard of the third grade.

As for Zhou Xianzong, the head of the Zhou family in his mouth, Jia Lian had to be cautious. This man is just a local gentry, and the only false title on his body is still bought with money, but he also has an identity - the president of the Nanzhili General Chamber of Commerce.

Two of his three sons served in the court, among which the eldest son, Zhou Xiaode, was the official envoy from the second rank of Guangdong to declare the political envoy Si Zuobu.

The second son, Zhou Xiaoren, joined the army, Chang Dewei commanded the affairs, and the official was the fourth grade. Only the youngest son Zhou Xiaoping assists him in handling family affairs at home, but he already has a reputation for himself, and it is rumored that he is also a famous person in Jinling, one of the famous talents.

According to the archival records of the Dragon Guard, Zhou Xianzong was just an ordinary squire at the beginning, and in the summer of the eighteenth year of Zhaowu, the holy driver toured Jinling in the south, and Zhou Xianzong paid tribute to the ears of rice with full grains, saying that the holy monarch could only be peaceful in the world, and the wind and rain were smooth (10,000 words of shameless dragon fart are omitted here)......

At that time, the saint had just returned from the victory of Mobei Bei, and the whole person was in an extreme expansion, and after reading the Book of Ten Thousand Words, he personally summoned Zhou Xianzong.

Jia Lian didn't know what he said when he was summoned, but Zhou Xianzong should be extremely good at coming to things, because when he left the palace, he had already put on a six-grade official uniform, and he had the false title of head of the household department, and the Zhou family even obtained the qualification of an imperial merchant and started to run a silk business.

In the following ten years, the Zhou family gradually controlled the silk trade in Jinling Mansion, and even in the 49th year of Zhaowu, most of the silk trade in Nanzhili had the final say in the Zhou family.

In the first year of Yuanyou, the businessmen of Nanzhili publicly recommended the president of the General Chamber of Commerce, the Zhen family was the positive, and the Zhou family was the vice, until the old lady of the Zhen family died of illness, Zhou Xianzong took over the position of the Zhen family and became the largest real power head of the Nanzhili General Chamber of Commerce.

Jia Lian's layout in Jinling was not carried out very smoothly, and the biggest obstacle was not the announcement of the political envoy department or the criminal envoy department, but the Jinling General Chamber of Commerce, which controlled the lifeline of Nanzhili, large and small.

As the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, it is said that Jia Lian, as the envoy of Jinling Town, the dragon guard, has the power of the imperial concession, and in the face of the intricate network of Nanzhili, he always has a feeling of punching on the cotton.

It's hard!

Pulling a hair and moving the whole body, the people on this painting boat control Nan Zhili's food and clothing

If the dragon guards catch one of them, the price of Nan Zhili will rise three times a day, so that he will be bogeyed.

"Why doesn't Second Master Lian think about it, is it because the beauty next to him is not moist? Or is the wine in the glass not fragrant enough?"

Yao Bing Ling Yaojing, Jia Lian put aside the boredom in his heart, and replied with a suitable smile on his face: "General Yao said that he laughed, who can not like the wine and beauty, I am just worried that the at home will block the door and not let me enter the house to sleep after returning home."

Hahahaha......

The people in the painting boat all laughed, Jia Lian's wife Wang's pungency, few people in Jinling City did not know, Jia Lian mentioned it more outside on weekdays, which is also the reason why others no longer send women to Jia Lian.

Send one to die, send one pair to die, Wang's ruthlessness, directly the Venerable Master died and sent a woman to win over Jia Lian's mind.

It is said that women are jealous and jealous, but Wang's identity is not much lower than Jia Lian......

Alas, poor man!

The dignified Rong En Bo Shizi, the three-grade master, the fierce man who killed the widow on the battlefield and cried his father and called his mother, there was only one concubine in the back house, can you not be pitiful?

Jia Lian maintained such a pitiful character, and was addicted to the painting boat, when Zhou Xianzong wanted to borrow a drink to talk about business, Jia Lian was vague for a while, and then looked at the sky.

His face was full of grief and indignation: "I am grateful for your hospitality today. It's a pity that everyone knows what is at home, so I will stay soon, and I will find an opportunity to sit in the village another day, and invite you to drink......

Zhou Xianzong was stunned, but in the end, he didn't do much to keep it.

Everyone knows about the Jia family, the Wang family once turned the Qinlou Chu Pavilion on the bank of the Qinhuai River upside down with a sharp blade, and if it wasn't for Yao Bingling's help to stop it, the second master Lian's crotch might be stained with blood.z.

Such a is really a pity for Second Master Lian's stunning face......

Yao Bingling looked at the Jia family's carriage in the distance, and said in embarrassment, "Old Zhou, look at this......

Zhou Xianzong didn't care, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Jia Lian can be regarded as venting his mouth, since the matter of the royal fleet going to sea has been decided, then we can also form a fleet and follow the royal fleet to the west together." However, we still have to let people go to Beijing to explore the way, the tax of the city port division is too high, see if there is a way to exempt the city port department from this section."

Jia Lian brought Wang Xifeng over, and instead of living in the old house of the Jia family, he lived directly in the backyard of Fusi in Jinling Town.

Ping'er finished washing Jia Lian's feet and retreated, Wang Xifeng leaned lazily on the pillow, staring at Jia Lian all over, those Danfeng eyes seemed to be talking.

She also slapped her nose with her hand in disgust: "The second master is really interested, the concubine has sent Ping'er and other worldly beauty to your bed, and the second master is still thinking about going to the Qinhuai River."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "If Ping'er is the best in the world, then Feng'er, you are a fairy in the sky. Come, let me touch it and see if the fairy's skin is smooth and creamy......

As he spoke, he pounced and hugged the beautiful woman into his arms......

Ping'er, who was waiting outside, heard the movement inside, and couldn't help but blush. She followed Wang Xifeng to marry into Rongguo Mansion, and now she has become the aunt in the room of the second master of Rongguo Mansion, and many people envy her good luck.

Of course, she herself is very satisfied with her life now. The second master was still very ridiculous in his early years, lingering between the Qin Mansion and the Chu Pavilion.

But today's second master is a big hero in the world, I don't know how many people in Jiangnan are passing on by word of mouth, and the second master of Rongguo Mansion is the ghost-faced king of Hell in the eyes of the Japanese and the protector of the people in Jiangnan.

Such a man is her Ping'er's man......

Bang dang!

A sound in the inner room woke Ping'er, who was in a reverie, and when she didn't know whether to go in, Jia Lian shouted in a panic: "Ping'er, go find the doctor......

?Pass?? Referral ticket?