Earlier, it was decided that the imperial court would sacrifice the souls of the martyrs who died in battle and return to their hometowns, but it was temporarily postponed due to the major case of embezzlement of ink and silver.

Although this matter has been full of twists and turns, and the face of the court has been damaged by corrupt officials, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, and the officials who were originally a little resistant to this in the court have closed their mouths one after another.

The emperor ordered the Ministry of Industry to build a monument to the martyrs of Daxia outside the Great Xia Gate, and set up a martyr's shrine to store the list of martyrs who died in battle.

And sent an edict to the yamen of the state capitals, and each city must establish a martyr's shrine to worship the martyrs and pay tribute to the people.

Jia Cong was ordered to inspect Beizhili and Xuanfu, Datong first-line military guards, and the state capital, of course, it will not be the Caotai team.

In addition to himself, the emperor transferred two people from the Hanlin Yuan to serve as adjutants at his request to assist Jia Cong in handling official affairs.

These two people are Mu Congying, the good grandson of the old man Mu of Qianguo, and He Chong, the good grandson of He Yaomin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Both of them are editors of the Hanlin Academy, one article and one martial arts, both of them are out of the high door, and they are very useful.

The first snow fell at the beginning of the winter month, and they arrived at Xuanfu just after crossing the Great Wall, and officially inspected the three guards of Xuanfu.

Qi Guoliang, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, the commander of the three guards, the deputy general and other generals in the town went out of the city to greet them, and the scene was quite grand, but whether they welcomed Jia Cong and others in their hearts or not, it was uncertain.

After Jia Cong left Beijing, Daiyu, who had been delayed for some reason to inspect the compulsory education affairs of Beizhili, entered the palace again to meet him.

Soon, the palace sent a will to Rongguo Mansion and the Xue family, and Jia Tanchun and Xue's Baochai of Rongguo Mansion were selected as the princess's companions, serving as the left and right praise of Princess Liupin, and assisting Princess Wen'an......

is different from other female officials in the palace, Zuo Zanshan is not an ordinary court female official, but a court official with a rank of six grades.

The corresponding East Palace, the palace and the left and right praise good doctors, belong to the left and right spring fang, rank on the five products, palm orders, sarcasm, praise etiquette, and teach the princes of the county (referring to the son of the prince) scriptures.

In order not to arouse the resistance of the officials in the court, the emperor demoted him by two levels, but the deep meaning behind it still attracted the attention of many people.

The daughters of the Jia and Xue families are unprecedented this time, this is a court official from the sixth grade, not a court lady who serves people, and she has never appeared in the past when selecting princesses and county lords to accompany them.

For a while, the eunuchs in Beijing turned their attention to the palace, all waiting for the emperor's next edict.

As long as it is not a "maid" who serves people, if his daughter can also be a court official, it is also excellent......

It's a pity that Daiyu earned the official status of left and right praise for Tanchun and Baochai, not to accompany her to study, but to implement the century-old plan of compulsory education.

When she visited Gyeonggi last time, she found that although the imperial court exempted tuition fees, book fees and lunch during the compulsory education period, ninety percent of the people who went to study in the school were male children in the family, and there were very few female dolls.

The phenomenon of patriarchy is like thick ice, and Daiyu also knows that this prejudice cannot be changed overnight, but it is not necessary to take the first step.

Therefore, she also plans to go out of the city to continue to inspect Gyeonggi, this time the focus is divided into two points: first, to inspect the construction of schools, enrollment rates, and teaching affairs in various prefectures and counties of Gyeonggi; The second is to urge the state and county yamen to publicize the benefits of women's education.

In Daiyu's heart, the importance of women's education is no less important than that of men's education.

There is an extremely obvious example in Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng's lesson left a very deep impression on Daiyu's heart.

What is the result of the Wang family's upbringing model that women are not talented and virtuous? Wang Xifeng, who didn't know a single big word, almost pushed herself and her second cousin Jia Lian into the abyss.

We don't want women to study for the imperial examination, at least they must be able to read and write, they must be able to read the law, and they must be able to teach their children a correct outlook on life and values, so as not to let them do things that violate the laws of Daxia.

This idea has been suppressed in Daiyu's heart for a long time, and this time she deliberately entered the palace to reason with the emperor, and finally got the emperor's support.

The emperor also knew a thing or two about Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng was coaxed to put in the money because he hadn't read and didn't understand the law, and he almost killed a large family.

If it weren't for Jia Cong's reminder, this alone would be enough to ruin Jia Lian's future.

When the holy decree was transmitted to the Rongguo Mansion, not to mention the spring of the decree, even the old lady was shocked, her granddaughter was going to be an official? Or is he a court official from the sixth grade?

Following Daiyu, Tanchun also waited for the civil official uniforms sent by the officials, blue official uniforms, embroidered with herons.

"Ah, it's just me? What about the second sister? ”

Tanchun held the tray, his eyes stared at the cyan official uniform, and it took a long time to react, as if he was the only one in the mansion who was made an official.

Wang Xifeng stepped forward with a smile and pinched Tanchun's face.

"Of course, you're the only one, and you can't take advantage of everything. Besides, your second sister and Sister Yun don't like these either, even if they get an official, they can't help Sister Lin, and you have to be the 'female minister' of the Jia family to do this! ”

All the women nodded in agreement, and smiled and stepped forward to congratulate Tanchun.

Joke is joked, Tanchun's talent is second only to Yuanchun in the four springs, especially in mathematics, which is even more powerful than Daiyu.

Acting vigorously and resolutely, being quick-witted, and receiving a good education in the past few years, serving as the princess's mansion is a good man.

If you can go to the academy to study the Four Books and Five Classics for a few years, it will not be difficult to take the exam at all.

is a talented man like Baoyu, who is not as good as Tanchun in some aspects. It can only be said that the temperament of the Jia family is concentrated on this group of girls.

……

Originally, the Xuanfu was the first line of defense in Gyeonggi against the Tatars, but with the agreement between the imperial court and the Tatars in recent years, there has been peace for three years.

Coupled with the discussion of the mutual market, the original atmosphere of slaughter has long been dispersed by the noisy mutual market, and a large number of businessmen from the two countries have gathered inside and outside the city of Xuanfu, and it is bustling and lively.

After Jia Cong and his entourage arrived at Xuanfu, they directly settled in the General Military Mansion and happily went to the reception banquet prepared by Qi Guoliang.

The banquet, singing and dancing, except for the maids who did not accept the gifts sent by Qi Guoliang, after three rounds of drinking, the guests and hosts were already happy, and there was laughter and laughter.

That night, Jia Cong, He Chong, and Mu Congying were all drunk, which made the vigilance in Qi Guoliang's heart go three points.

It seems that Jia Cong still cares about the old feelings, how can he Qi Guoliang say that he is also the old man of Rongguo Mansion, no, now he is the old minister's old department, isn't he greedy for some silver? Need to make such a big noise?

Jia Cong slept soundly in the warm quilt, but Qi Guoliang would never have thought that Jia Cong did this not because he believed in the old department of Rongguo Mansion, but because he had already arranged it.

This time out of Beijing, Jia Cong brought most of the soldiers that Master Pardon had given to him earlier, except for the fifty people on the surface, the remaining nearly 100 people had already entered Xuanfu City in the name of merchants.

Just when Jia Cong was asleep, these pro-soldiers had already gathered in a courtyard, summarizing the news they had collected in the past few days.

The Xuanfu did not deduct the soldiers' salaries and pensions, but an even worse situation occurred.

Xuanfu, one of the important towns of the Nine Sides, was less than half as wary of Tatars as it used to be.

Originally, the rules set by the imperial court that mutual markets could only be carried out in the Fang City outside the city, but Qi Guoliang, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, somehow acquiesced in the Tatars entering the city to trade.

This article alone is enough for Qi Guoliang to be charged with collaborating with the enemy, and he will be beheaded by his family.

The generals of the Xuanfu Dynasty all turned a blind eye to this, including the Thousand Households of the Dragon Guard, Xuanfu Town, who also held the same attitude and never reported the matter to Jingzhong.

On the other hand, the generals of the Xuanfu Mansion, including the Dragon Guard, were all very rich, and the assets of the family increased exponentially within the year.

According to the investigation of the pro-soldiers, the Thousand Households of the Thousand Households of the Xuanfu Town of the Long Guards were selected, and they spent eight thousand taels of silver just to take the Qinglou Qingqi as a concubine, which can really be said to be a lot of money.

What is the concept of eight thousand taels? According to the rules of the imperial court, the pension of a sergeant who died in battle was no more than 100 taels of silver......

"Ridiculous! Where did they get the money? ”

The headache after the hangover disappeared suddenly after Jia Cong read the news secretly sent by his own soldiers.

The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and hurriedly summoned He Chong and Mu Congying to tell them the news, and the three of them looked at each other in disbelief.

After only half of it, He Chong, who was rough in military strategy, also saw the crisis in Xuanfu Town.

What is the location of Xuanfu Town?

At the northern gate of Gyeonggi, the Tatars living in the city account for 10% of the total population.

More than 10,000 Tatars, on the surface, are businessmen, but who dares to believe that these are businessmen who have come to do business?

This is also the current military power of Great Xia, but if the last years of Zhaowu are reproduced, who dares to guarantee that the Tatars will not pick up the butcher's knife again and attack the Central Plains with a joint attack from inside and outside.

Damn, is this Qi Guoliang blinded by lard or has his brain gnawed by zombies!

Mu Congying frowned and said, "The top priority is to drive this group of Tatars out as soon as possible!" ”

He Chong shook his head: "No, it's easy to startle the snake by doing this." In my opinion, let's stabilize Qi Guoliang first, continue to collect evidence secretly, and then catch them all. And...... Alas......"

"Brother He, do you have any other concerns?"

Jia Cong saw that his words were still unfinished, so he said: "They are all their own people, and Brother He said it bluntly." ”

I saw He Chong arch his hand and said: "Uncle, Qi Guoliang is the old department of the former Rongguo, and I am worried that his affairs will affect the Rongguo Mansion." Now is the time when the civil and military are fighting, and the time is not right. ”

Jia Cong shook his head with a smile, and said calmly: "There is no time to be untimely, my grandfather's old department has gone more, and there are all kinds of birds in the forest, not one of them." ”

He Chong gave his hand again and admonished: "There is another matter, which Uncle also has to consider. Tatar, unlike Warat, is now only a titular vassal state of Bactria ......"

"Understood, Brother He, rest assured."

Jia Cong did not say what he planned to do with the Tatars, and the matter still needed to be approved by the emperor, that is, it would be officially implemented, and it would take several months to prepare, and then we would talk about it.

However, for the disposal of Qi Guoliang and others, we must hurry up and arrange.

Xuanfu is an important town, and Wen Tianwu is ridiculous to this extent, which is really ridiculous in the world.

For seven days, in addition to going to the army for a few turns, Jia Cong did not ask a word about the military administration of Xuanfu Town, but repeatedly praised Qi Guoliang for governing Xuanfu Town so prosperously, and he would definitely speak well in front of the emperor after returning to Beijing.

Qi Guoliang is quite proud of this, and the prosperity of Xuanfu Town is second to none in the first line of Xuanda and even in the entire nine-sided town.

With the annexation of Warat into the dynasty, Qi Guoliang began to scoff at the threat of Tatars, thinking that they were as strong as Warat had surrendered, and what was Tatar?

The wool business in Ningxia is booming, and the silver flowing into Ningxia every day is like flowing water.

He is greedy, he is all doing business with Tartars, why can you only get wool?

Therefore, at the beginning of the year, the meeting reached an intention to cooperate with the Tatar envoys, and officially opened Xuanfu Town to exchange ideas.

In less than a year, the number of merchants coming and going to Xuanfu exceeded 100,000, including merchants from the Central Plains, Tatar, Warat, Goryeo and even Rakshasa countries, all attracted by Xuanfu's low taxes.

The huge number of merchants not only made up for the loss of Xuanfu's low taxes, but also brought it enough popularity, and the collected business taxes did not decrease but increased, exceeding 500,000 taels of silver in September.

500,000 a month, 6 million a year.

In addition to the one million taels to be sent to the capital, the remaining five million taels are the balance of Xuanfu Town.

Qi Guoliang took two percent, and the rest of the generals divided eighty percent. With all this silver, who can still look down on the poor sergeant's salary and pension?

In order to win people's hearts, they even gave the sergeants a few mouthfuls of soup and water when they ate meat.

The ordinary soldiers in the army did not understand the above things, and thought that the ban on trade in Xuanfu City was set by the imperial court, and after receiving the rewards of Qi Guoliang and others, they became more loyal to the generals of Xuanfu one by one.

As everyone knows, it is precisely because of this, coupled with the fact that the thousands of households in Xuanfu Town, who were originally responsible for supervising the place, are in the same stream, and the imperial court knows nothing about the changes in Xuanfu Town.

Qi Guoliang's henchmen once again sent the news of Qin Cha's travels, and Jia Cong and the others wandered around the city with great interest and bought a lot of interesting gadgets.

During this period, Jia Cong and his entourage never deliberately inquired about other things, nor did they see any suspicious people, and it seemed that they were just normal shopping.

Qi Guoliang was completely relieved at this time, he said with a smile: "No matter how loud the reputation spreads, he is also a milky child, if Jia Lian comes here, I have to be careful, Jia Cong, that's it." You go and arrange it, you must serve this young master well, don't save money. No matter what he likes, as long as he takes a second look, he will buy it all and send it over! ”

……

At the same time, under the cover of his own soldiers, Jia Cong disguised himself as the general soldier's mansion.

The person who answered quietly led him to an ordinary courtyard, and as soon as he entered, he saw a familiar figure.

Jia Cong grinned: "The second brother came really fast, I originally wanted to get more Qi Guoliang wool ......"

Qi Guoliang would never have dreamed that Jia Lian, whom he was afraid of, was really here!

Jia Lian greeted him, raised his hand and rubbed it on Jia Cong's brain.

His third brother can really make big things wherever he goes, I really don't know if it's the reincarnation of a broom star.

"Your Majesty was taken aback by your secret recital, and you sent me a secret edict overnight. Xuanfu Town has become a sieve, who dares to delay? ”

Jia Cong followed the second brother into the house, and the two brothers sat around the fire and exchanged information with each other.

According to the news brought by Jia Lian, the affairs of Xuanfu Town are now only known to the Second Sage, the Taibao Metropolitan Governor Zhang Yue, the commander of the Dragon Guard, Cao Jiugong, and he, the second master of Rongguo Mansion Lian.

This time, the three thousand iron horsemen he secretly brought were all imperial tomb guards secretly transferred from the imperial tomb, and they didn't dare to alarm anyone in the capital camp.

"Second brother, you are the inheritor of Rongguo Mansion, Qi Guoliang is my grandfather's old department, how to deal with him, you are in charge."

Jia Lian snorted coldly: "He is also worthy of being called the old department of Rongguo?" For the sake of silver, even the duty of a soldier was forgotten. Whatever the Tatars are up to, everyone can see. Does he really think that the world is peaceful and everything is safe? ”

As soon as he talked about this, Jia Lian was so angry that the old man was born and died on the front line of Xuanda before he subdued the Tatars, bringing decades of stability to the people on the front line of Xuanda.

It has only been too long since it was too late, and the sword of Qi Guoliang, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, was rusty, and Wen Tianwu was so frolicking.

He said hatefully: "The Xuanfu has become like this, the capital has not received any news at all, and all the generals of the Xuanfu are guilty of negligence." Your Majesty has given me a secret edict, kill! All the generals in Xuanfu Town, not one remains! ”

The murderous words made Jia Cong feel excited, the second brother really became a killing god, and it seems that the demon king in the mouth of the wolf is about to reappear in Xuanfu.

"By the way, did His Majesty the Tatars in those cities say what to do?"

Recommended commuter passes

I went to the hospital again today and tossed for a long time, and when I came back, I was tired and slept until midnight, and the update was a little late, sorry.

Lao Meow Meow is here to wish all readers a happy moon cake festival, family reunion, and all the best!

(End of chapter)